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on camera. When Caesar asks Peeta how his “new leg” is<br />

working out.<br />

“New leg?” I say, and I can’t help reaching out and pulling<br />

up the bottom of Peeta’s pants. “Oh, no,” I whisper, taking in<br />

the metal-and-plastic device that has replaced his flesh.<br />

“No one told you?” asks Caesar gently. I shake my head.<br />

“I haven’t had the chance,” says Peeta with a slight shrug.<br />

“It’s my fault,” I say. “Because I used that tourniquet.”<br />

“Yes, it’s your fault I’m alive,” says Peeta.<br />

“He’s right,” says Caesar. “He’d have bled to death for sure<br />

without it.”<br />

I guess this is true, but I can’t help feeling upset about it to<br />

the extent that I’m afraid I might cry and then I remember<br />

everyone in the country is watching me so I just bury my face<br />

in Peeta’s shirt. It takes them a couple of minutes to coax me<br />

back out because it’s better in the shirt, where no one can see<br />

me, and when I do come out, Caesar backs off questioning me<br />

so I can recover. In fact, he pretty much leaves me alone until<br />

the berries come up.<br />

“Katniss, I know you’ve had a shock, but I’ve got to ask. The<br />

moment when you pulled out those berries. What was going<br />

on in your mind . . . hm?” he says.<br />

I take a long pause before I answer, trying to collect my<br />

thoughts. This is the crucial moment where I either chall<strong>eng</strong>ed<br />

the Capitol or went so crazy at the idea of losing Peeta that I<br />

can’t be held responsible for my actions. It seems to call for a<br />

big, dramatic speech, but all I get out is one almost inaudible<br />

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