Katniss and her team ride an amazing crystal elevator to the twelfth floor of the Training Center where the District 12 team will be staying. Effie Trinket, the pink-haired escort, is on hand and is impressed with how well Peeta and Katniss did in the opening ceremonies. She's never had a team do well. She tells them she's been talking them up as best she can, but she's not the one responsible for getting sponsors, but that the drunk Haymitch is responsible for for this. Katniss's room is plush with an elaborate shower that instantly untangles your hair, a programmable closet, and a giant menu with food that appears on command. After showering and dressing, Katniss goes to dinner where the whole team (Effie, Haymitch, Cinna, the stylists, and the candidates) eat together. Servers in white tunics bring them their food. Katniss drinks wine and her head is a bit "groggy". A cake is brought in and set ablaze when Katniss recognizes the serving girl who is setting it on fire. She thinks she knows the server girl, and announces she knows her to everyone. The girl was terrified. Effie tells Katniss there is no way she could know the girl, who is an Avox which is someone who has committed a crime, like treason, and has had their tongue cut out. Yuck! Effie informs Katniss that Avoxes are not to be spoken to unless they are being given an order. Peeta saves the situation by claiming that the reason Katniss recognized the girl is because she looks a lot like someone from back home, a girl named Delly Cartwright. Katniss knows this is not true, because the Avox and the girl back home look nothing alike, but she plays along anyway. The team watches the opening ceremonies during dinner.
When dinner is over, Peeta and Katniss walk to their rooms, but instead decide to head to the roof. Peeta is curious who the Avox girl is and why Katniss thought she knew her. Katniss tells Peeta that she and Gale were hunting one day in the forest around District 12 when they saw a girl and a boy with ragged clothes running as fast as the could through the woods. She could tell they were from the Capitol.
Katniss could tell they were in trouble, but stayed hidden and did not help them. A hovercraft appeared and hauled the boy up by shooting a spear through him, and the girl was caught in a net and hauled up. She called for help, but Katniss did not help. Peeta asks if they saw Katniss and she says she doesn't know, but really she does know. She and the girl locked eyes. As they go in, Peeta tries to get information from Katniss about Gale. Like if they are related or if he came to see her the last day in District 12. Changing the subject, Katniss mentions that his father had brought her cookies on that day. Peeta acts surprised, but you can tell he is not really. Peeta and Katniss go back to their rooms. When Katniss gets back to her room the Avox girl is there collecting her outfit from the ceremony. Katniss wants to apologize for the scene at dinner and for turning her head in the woods, but, instead she gets under the covers and pulls the covers over her head. She wonders if the Avox girl will enjoy watching her die in the Hunger Games.
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