User blog comment:Shieldmaiden/The Unsung/@comment-1031927-20100213040800

Didn't say I would- just that I could without fear of being slaughtered.

OK- basically, He was knocked out during the Games, losing. Because of this, none of the Mentors will take him under their wing, and he won't beable to learn new techniques for the big Games- the ones that determine your passage into adulthood. He's going to try to train himself with out a mentor and see how far he gets.