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“Unfortunately, I can’t seal the sponsor deals for you. Only<br />

Haymitch can do that,” says Effie grimly. “But don’t worry, I’ll<br />

get him to the table at gunpoint if necessary.”<br />

Although lacking in many departments, Effie Trinket has a<br />

certain determination I have to admire.<br />

My quarters are larger than our entire house back home.<br />

They are plush, like the train car, but also have so many automatic<br />

gadgets that I’m sure I won’t have time to press all the<br />

buttons. The shower alone has a panel with more than a hundred<br />

options you can choose regulating water temperature,<br />

pressure, soaps, shampoos, scents, oils, and massaging<br />

sponges. When you step out on a mat, heaters come on that<br />

blow-dry your body. Instead of struggling with the knots in<br />

my wet hair, I merely place my hand on a box that sends a<br />

current through my scalp, untangling, parting, and drying my<br />

hair almost instantly. It floats down around my shoulders in a<br />

glossy curtain.<br />

I program the closet for an outfit to my taste. The windows<br />

zoom in and out on parts of the city at my command. You need<br />

only whisper a type of food from a gigantic menu into a<br />

mouthpiece and it appears, hot and steamy, before you in less<br />

than a minute. I walk around the room eating goose liver and<br />

puffy bread until there’s a knock on the door. Effie’s calling me<br />

to dinner.<br />

Good. I’m starving.<br />

Peeta, Cinna, and Portia are standing out on a balcony that<br />

overlooks the Capitol when we enter the dining room. I’m glad<br />

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