Yeah, about that,โ says Peeta, entwining his fingers in mine. โDonโt try something like that again.โ โOr what?โ I ask. โOr . . . or . . .โ He canโt think of anything good. โJust give me a minute.
Why? Do you find this" - he strikes a ridiculously provocative pose - "distracting?
It must be very fragile, if a handful of berries can bring it down.
I do think you're mad and I'll still go with you.
Lucky thing were allies, right? -Finnick Odair
In really bad times, the hungriest would gather at his door at nightfall, vying for the chance to earn a few coins to feed their families by selling their bodies. Had I been older when my father died, I might have been among them. Instead I learned to hunt.