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style or her forte. She’s even smaller than I am and unarmed,<br />

unless she’s picked up some weapons recently. She’ll probably<br />

be hanging somewhere nearby, seeing what she can scav<strong>eng</strong>e.<br />

But the other three . . . I’m going to have my hands full. My<br />

ability to kill at a distance is my greatest asset, but I know I’ll<br />

have to go right into the thick of things to get that backpack,<br />

the one with the number 12 on it that Claudius Templesmith<br />

mentioned.<br />

I watch the sky, hoping for one less opponent at dawn, but<br />

nobody appears tonight. Tomorrow there will be faces up<br />

there. Feasts always result in fatalities.<br />

I crawl into the cave, secure my glasses, and curl up next to<br />

Peeta. Luckily I had that good long sleep today. I have to stay<br />

awake. I don’t really think anyone will attack our cave tonight,<br />

but I can’t risk missing the dawn.<br />

So cold, so bitterly cold tonight. As if the Gamemakers have<br />

sent an infusion of frozen air across the arena, which may be<br />

exactly what they’ve done. I lay next to Peeta in the bag, trying<br />

to absorb every bit of his fever heat. It’s strange to be so physically<br />

close to someone who’s so distant. Peeta might as well<br />

be back in the Capitol, or in District 12, or on the moon right<br />

now, he’d be no harder to reach. I’ve never felt lonelier since<br />

the Games began.<br />

Just accept it will be a bad night, I tell myself. I try not to,<br />

but I can’t help thinking of my mother and Prim, wondering if<br />

they’ll sleep a wink tonight. At this late stage in the Games,<br />

with an important event like the feast, school will probably be<br />

canceled. My family can either watch on that static-filled old<br />

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