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and Prim to the community home, or kill them? They wouldn’t
kill them, would they? Why not? What do they care?
I should have stayed and apologized. Or laughed, like it was
a big joke. Then maybe I would have found some leniency. But
instead I stalked out of the place in the most disrespectful
manner possible.
Haymitch and Effie are knocking on my door. I shout for
them to go away and eventually they do. It takes at least an
hour for me to cry myself out. Then I just lay curled up on the
bed, stroking the silken sheets, watching the sun set over the
artificial candy Capitol.
At first, I expect guards to come for me. But as time passes,
it seems less likely. I calm down. They still need a girl tribute
from District 12, don’t they? If the Gamemakers want to punish
me, they can do it publicly. Wait until I’m in the arena and
sic starving wild animals on me. You can bet they’ll make sure
I don’t have a bow and arrow to defend myself.
Before that though, they’ll give me a score so low, no one in
their right mind would sponsor me. That’s what will happen
tonight. Since the training isn’t open to viewers, the Gamemakers
announce a score for each player. It gives the audience
a starting place for the betting that will continue throughout
the Games. The number, which is between one and twelve,
one being irredeemably bad and twelve being unattainably
high, signifies the promise of the tribute. The mark is not a
guarantee of which person will win. It’s only an indication of
the potential a tribute showed in training. Often, because of
the variables in the actual arena, high-scoring tributes go
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