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I spew the berries from my mouth, wiping my tongue with<br />

the end of my shirt to make sure no juice remains. Peeta pulls<br />

me to the lake where we both flush our mouths with water<br />

and then collapse into each other’s arms.<br />

“You didn’t swallow any?” I ask him.<br />

He shakes his head. “You?”<br />

“Guess I’d be dead by now if I did,” I say. I can see his lips<br />

moving in reply, but I can’t hear him over the roar of the<br />

crowd in the Capitol that they’re playing live over the speakers.<br />

The hovercraft materializes overhead and two ladders<br />

drop, only there’s no way I’m letting go of Peeta. I keep one<br />

arm around him as I help him up, and we each place a foot on<br />

the first rung of the ladder. The electric current freezes us in<br />

place, and this time I’m glad because I’m not really sure Peeta<br />

can hang on for the whole ride. And since my eyes were looking<br />

down, I can see that while our muscles are immobile, nothing<br />

is preventing the blood from draining out of Peeta’s leg.<br />

Sure enough, the minute the door closes behind us and the<br />

current stops, he slumps to the floor unconscious.<br />

My fingers are still gripping the back of his jacket so tightly<br />

that when they take him away it tears leaving me with a fistful<br />

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