I'm so tired, Katniss.

There are much worse games to play.

Katniss. I remember about the bread.

Katniss, there is no District Twelve.

You here to finish me off, Sweetheart?

Because...because...she came here with me.

Where did they get those screams, Katniss?

Hope is the only thing stronger than fear.

Katniss....he's still trying to keep you alive.

Because that's what you and I do, protect each other.

As long as you can find yourself, you’ll never starve.

No matter what I do, I'm hurting someone." - Katniss Everdeen

You don’t forget the face of the person who was your last hope.

My name is Katniss Everdeen. Why am I not dead? I should be dead.

The more likable he is, the more deadly he is.” -Katniss Everdeen

Entrails. No hissing. This is the closest we will ever come to love.

Katniss, got that spile?" Finnick asks, snapping me back to reality.

I stare at the mirror as I try to remember who I am and who I am not.

It's hard to hate my prep team. They're such total idiots." - Katniss.

Pity does not get you aid. Admiration at your refusal to give in does.

I realize only one person will be damaged beyond repair if Peeta dies. Me.

I did not get my Spaghetti-O's, I got spaghetti. I want the press to know this.

My nightmares are usually about losing you. I'm okay once I realize you're here.

I drag myself out of nightmares each morning and find there's no relief in waking.

But Gale is not one to keep secrets from me. "Katniss, there is no District Twelve."

Oh, that I do know...Katniss will pick whoever she thinks she can't survive without.

So, in a way, my name being drawn in the reaping was a real piece of luck," says Peeta.

What must it be like, I wonder, to live in a world where food appears at the press of a button?

Maybe the other tributes are out there beating one another senseless. Which would be fine. - Katniss -

hey. I just wanted to make sure you got home," I say. "Katniss, I live three houses away from you," he says.

No, it happened. And right when your song ended, I knew - just like your mother - I was a goner,' Peeta says.

We had to save you because you're the mockingjay, Katniss," says Plutarch. "While you live, the revolution lives.

Katniss Everdeen, you have caused a spark, wich left unattended, may cause a spark that could cause a whole rebelion

Katniss: I guess all those hours decorating cakes paid off. Peeta: Yes, frosting. The final defence of the dying. (252)

Okay, maybe I don't go around loving everybody I meet, maybe my smiles are hard to come by, but I do care for some people.

I take his hand, holding on tightly, preparing for the cameras, and dreading the moment when I will finally have to let go.

Katniss?" Peeta says. I meet his eyes, knowing my face must be some shade of green. He mouths the words. "How about that kiss?

Haymich finally drops the good-natured act. "you know who else, Katniss. You know who stepped up first." Of course I do. Gale.

Exactly how am I supposed to work in a thank-you in there? Somehow it just won't seem sincere if I'm trying to slit his throat.

I can’t fight the sun. I can only watch helplessly as it drags me into a day that I’ve been dreading for months. Katniss Everdeen

You're still trying to protect me. Real or not real," he whispers. "Real," I answer. "Because that's what you and I do, protect each other.

I'm obsessed with Greek mythology. My favorite goddess is Artemis. She's strong and reminds me of Katniss, the heroine of The Hunger Games.

And then he gives me a smile that just seems so genuinely sweet with just the right touch of shyness that unexpected warmth rushes through me.

Gale and I were thrown together by a mutual need to survive. Peeta and I know the other's survival means our own death. How do you side step that?

Suddenly I am furious, that with my life on the line, they don’t even have the decency to pay attention to me. That I’m being upstaged by a dead pig.

You're a painter. You're a baker. You like to sleep with the windows open. You never take sugar in your tea. And you always double-knot your shoelaces.

Look how we take your children and sacrifice them and there’s nothing you can do. If you lift a finger, we will destroy every last one of you. Just as we did in District Thirteen.

I wonder how she'll make up her mind." "Oh, that I do know." I can just catch Gale's last words through the layer of fur. "Katniss will pick whoever she thinks she can't survive without.

Actually, Katniss isn’t complaining because she has no intention of staying with the “Star Squad,” but she recognizes the necessity of getting to the Capitol before carrying out any plan.

I must still look perplexed because Gale delivers the next line very slowly. “Katniss…he’s still trying to keep you alive.” To keep me alive? And then I understand. The Games are still on.

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