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There’s nothing else, just his words hanging in the air. I<br />

jump as Peeta grips my shoulder from behind. “No,” he says.<br />

“You’re not risking your life for me.”<br />

“Who said I was?” I say.<br />

“So, you’re not going?” he asks.<br />

“Of course, I’m not going. Give me some credit. Do you think<br />

I’m running straight into some free-for-all against Cato and<br />

Clove and Thresh? Don’t be stupid,” I say, helping him back to<br />

bed. “I’ll let them fight it out, we’ll see who’s in the sky tomorrow<br />

night and work out a plan from there.”<br />

“You’re such a bad liar, Katniss. I don’t know how you’ve<br />

survived this long.” He begins to mimic me. “I knew that goat<br />

would be a little gold mine. You’re a little cooler though. Of<br />

course, I’m not going. He shakes his head. “Never gamble at<br />

cards. You’ll lose your last coin,” he says.<br />

Anger flushes my face. “All right, I am going, and you can’t<br />

stop me!”<br />

“I can follow you. At least partway. I may not make it to the<br />

Cornucopia, but if I’m yelling your name, I bet someone can<br />

find me. And then I’ll be dead for sure,” he says.<br />

“You won’t get a hundred yards from here on that leg,” I<br />

say.<br />

“Then I’ll drag myself,” says Peeta. “You go and I’m going,<br />

too.”<br />

He’s just stubborn enough and maybe just strong enough to<br />

do it. Come howling after me in the woods. Even if a tribute<br />

doesn’t find him, something else might. He can’t defend him-<br />

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