What happens when we get back? I don't know. I guess we try and forget. I don't want to forget.

I realize, for the first time, how very lonely I've been in the arena. How comforting the presence of another human being can be.

Remember, heads high. Smiles. They're going to love you!

Katniss Everdeen, the girl who was on fire, you have provided a spark that, left unattended, may grow to an inferno that destroys Panem," he says.

I merely feel emptyness. A hollow of dead brush where flowers use to bloom.

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

You’ve got about as much charm as a dead slug.