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Universally, solidly hated by all but those from their own<br />

districts. I can imagine the things they’re saying about him<br />

back home now. And Peeta had the gall to talk to me about<br />

disgrace?<br />

Obviously, the noble boy on the rooftop was playing just<br />

one more game with me. But this will be his last. I will eagerly<br />

watch the night skies for signs of his death, if I don’t kill him<br />

first myself.<br />

The Career tributes are silent until he gets out of ear shot,<br />

then use hushed voices.<br />

“Why don’t we just kill him now and get it over with?”<br />

“Let him tag along. What’s the harm? And he’s handy with<br />

that knife.”<br />

Is he? That’s news. What a lot of interesting things I’m<br />

learning about my friend Peeta today.<br />

“Besides, he’s our best chance of finding her.”<br />

It takes me a moment to register that the “her” they’re referring<br />

to is me.<br />

“Why? You think she bought into that sappy romance<br />

stuff?”<br />

“She might have. Seemed pretty simpleminded to me. Every<br />

time I think about her spinning around in that dress, I want to<br />

puke.”<br />

“Wish we knew how she got that eleven.”<br />

“Bet you Lover Boy knows.”<br />

The sound of Peeta returning silences them.<br />

“Was she dead?” asks the boy from District 2.<br />

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