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“Not sure. I woke up yesterday evening and you were lying<br />

next to me in a very scary pool of blood,” he says. “I think it’s<br />

stopped finally, but I wouldn’t sit up or anything.”<br />

I gingerly lift my hand to my head and find it bandaged.<br />

This simple gesture leaves me weak and dizzy. Peeta holds a<br />

bottle to my lips and I drink thirstily.<br />

“You’re better,” I say.<br />

“Much better. Whatever you shot into my arm did the<br />

trick,” he says. “By this morning, almost all the swelling in my<br />

leg was gone.”<br />

He doesn’t seem angry about my tricking him, drugging<br />

him, and running off to the feast. Maybe I’m just too beat-up<br />

and I’ll hear about it later when I’m stronger. But for the moment,<br />

he’s all gentleness.<br />

“Did you eat?” I ask.<br />

“I’m sorry to say I gobbled down three pieces of that groosling<br />

before I realized it might have to last a while. Don’t worry,<br />

I’m back on a strict diet,” he says.<br />

“No, it’s good. You need to eat. I’ll go hunting soon,” I say.<br />

“Not too soon, all right?” he says. “You just let me take care<br />

of you for a while.”<br />

I don’t really seem to have much choice. Peeta feeds me bites<br />

of groosling and raisins and makes me drink plenty of water.<br />

He rubs some warmth back into my feet and wraps them<br />

in his jacket before tucking the sleeping bag back up around<br />

my chin.<br />

“Your boots and socks are still damp and the weather’s not<br />

helping much,” he says. There’s a clap of thunder, and I see<br />

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