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“Come on,” says Cato. He thrusts a spear into the hands of<br />

the boy from District 3, and they head off in the direction of<br />

the fire. The last thing I hear as they enter the woods is Cato<br />

saying, “When we find her, I kill her in my own way, and no<br />

one interferes.”<br />

Somehow I don’t think he’s talking about Rue. She didn’t<br />

drop a nest of tracker jackers on him.<br />

I stay put for a half an hour or so, trying to figure out what<br />

to do about the supplies. The one advantage I have with the<br />

bow and arrow is distance. I could send a flaming arrow into<br />

the pyramid easily enough — I’m a good enough shot to get it<br />

through those openings in the net — but there’s no guarantee<br />

it would catch. More likely it’d just burn itself out and then<br />

what? I’d have achieved nothing and given them far too much<br />

information about myself. That I was here, that I have an accomplice,<br />

that I can use the bow and arrow with accuracy.<br />

There’s no alternative. I’m going to have to get in closer and<br />

see if I can’t discover what exactly protects the supplies. In<br />

fact, I’m just about to reveal myself when a movement catches<br />

my eye. Several hundred yards to my right, I see someone<br />

emerge from the woods. For a second, I think it’s Rue, but then<br />

I recognize Foxface — she’s the one we couldn’t remember<br />

this morning — creeping out onto the plain. When she decides<br />

it’s safe, she runs for the pyramid, with quick, small steps. Just<br />

before she reaches the circle of supplies that have been littered<br />

around the pyramid, she stops, searches the ground, and<br />

carefully places her feet on a spot. Then she begins to approach<br />

the pyramid with strange little hops, sometimes land-<br />

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