Hope glanced around the auditorium, there were only 42 people left in the reaping and the girls had been redistributed through the groups. Hope's group had four people left but apparently, there were still nine challenges. She didn't understand what the purpose of the challenges were if they didn't have nine people left to be eliminated during them. She sat silently nonetheless, watching the people around the auditorium talking in quiet tones.
"What do you think we will have to do next?" Hope asked. "Another stupid set of instructions?"
Everly snorted and nodded. "No doubt it will be something like that. They lack imagination. They think if we follow instructions that we will be docile. But, what is the purpose of these tasks when the outcome is mostly set already?"
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