She thinks that it's every reason not to try. If she doesn't try, she doesn't put anyone else at risk. Everyone can lead their lives, free of any interference - purposeful or accidental - from her. Isn't that something she owes all that she's harmed by now?

Life goes on but healing from the pain its afflicted takes much longer than Katniss ever would have thought. There are good things. Small things that she should focus on instead. That's something that seems to come easier for Prim though. Prim remembers the good. All Katniss seems to remember is the bad.

"I have you," she murmurs against Prim's head. "Having you still in my life makes me happy."