He can't help but grin when the kid simply sets the plate aside and continues with his book, quiet and polite in a way Finnick is positive he wasn't at that age. At least if all the stories Kai ever told him are to be believed.

"It's already changing how I see myself," Finnick says as he walks back to Kate, again leaning against the edge of the counter. "It's... kind of scaring the hell out of me, to be honest. This isn't- Back home, this wasn't an option. I never even considered it." Not really, at least. Not in anything beyond ridiculous pipe dreams.