A/N:Its during Mockingjay,and in the 74th Games Foxface knew the berries were poisonous and committed suicide. Katniss understands. Now Effie asks Katniss why Foxface did it. All in Katniss' POV. DISCLAIMER: I do not own The Hunger Games,any of the characters,or my inspiration for this story (Lia from Wintergirls)!

I was sitting in an empty room,wishing that Peeta was here. Suddenly Effie comes in,looking serious,which was a first for her. "Katniss, that District 5 girl in your first Games,why did she do it?" she asked. Really? Effie wants to know that? I would think she had figured it out. After all,she was a rebel,unlike some of the people,there were so many people asking why. Why,why,why. "Effie!" I snapped. "Why? You want to know why? First,go to the reaping. You have family you love,it doesn't matter. Your name is drawn. You are riding toward almost certain death. Let your prep team and stylist dress you up into something you're not. Spill your heart out to the ones cheering on the gore. Feel your heart beat,know your days are numbered. And it won't be on your terms either. It will be one of the worst possible ways to die. Go up into the arena, then run run run even though it doesn't matter. See innocent children die. Listen to the cannons boom. Know the meaning. Hear voices calling you dead and murderer and so many others and,worst of all, "a disappointment". Hide and steal and cut because you don't want to hear,feel see this. Do it because it's a distraction. Do it because you need it and it works. For a while. Then you're starving and wounded and more,more deaths. See a reflection in the water,and know that's what you have become. See those berries. Know they are a way out of all this. So stop asking why,Effie!

Ask why not."