They can pump whatever they want into my arm but it takes more than that to keep a person going once she's lost the will to live.

Plants are tricky. Many are edible, but one false mouthful and your dead

I miss home badly sometimes. But then I remember there's nothing left to miss anymore. I feel safer here.

Right before the explosions begin, I find a star.

Everything is happening too fast for me to process it.

But Mockingjays were never a weapon," said Madge. "They’re just songbirds. Right?" "Yeah, I guess so,” I said, But it’s not true. A mockingbird is just a songbird. A mockingjay is a creature the capitol never intended to exist. They hadn’t counted on the highly controlled jabberjay having the brains to adapt to the wild, to thrive in a new form. They hadn’t anticipated its will to live.

Better not to give in to it.