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“Maybe they’ll catch each other and we can just go home,”<br />

says Peeta. “But we better be extra careful about the watches.<br />

I dozed off a few times.”<br />

“Me, too,” I admit. “But not tonight.”<br />

We finish our food in silence and then Peeta offers to take<br />

the first watch. I burrow down in the sleeping bag next to him,<br />

pulling my hood up over my face to hide it from the cameras. I<br />

just need a few moments of privacy where I can let any emotion<br />

cross my face without being seen. Under the hood, I silently<br />

say good-bye to Thresh and thank him for my life. I<br />

promise to remember him and, if I can, do something to help<br />

his family and Rue’s, if I win. Then I escape into sleep, comforted<br />

by a full belly and the steady warmth of Peeta beside<br />

me.<br />

When Peeta wakes me later, the first thing I register is the<br />

smell of goat cheese. He’s holding out half a roll spread with<br />

the creamy white stuff and topped with apple slices. “Don’t be<br />

mad,” he says. “I had to eat again. Here’s your half.”<br />

“Oh, good,” I say, immediately taking a huge bite. The<br />

strong fatty cheese tastes just like the kind Prim makes, the<br />

apples are sweet and crunchy. “Mm.”<br />

“We make a goat cheese and apple tart at the bakery,” he<br />

says.<br />

“Bet that’s expensive,” I say.<br />

“Too expensive for my family to eat. Unless it’s gone very<br />

stale. Of course, practically everything we eat is stale,” says<br />

Peeta, pulling the sleeping bag up around him. In less than a<br />

minute, he’s snoring.<br />

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