Katniss wakes up the next morning from terrible nightmares. She gets into the shower that she hasn't quite figured out how to use and then heads to breakfast. She's the first one up, and serves herself from the buffet. Haymitch and Peeta arrive, and Peeta is wearing a matching outfit again. This annoys Katniss. Training is set to start today, so Haymitch talks strategy. After Peeta and Katniss decide to be coached together, Haymitch asks them what their strengths are. Peeta's says baking bread, and Katniss says she is good at hunting with a bow and arrow. When Katniss talks down on herself at hunting, Peeta makes sure to say how great she is. You get the feeling that Katniss feels irritated, so she tells Haymitch how strong Peeta is and how he can lift big bags of flour and wrestle people, like he does at high school. Peeta tells Haymitch that his mother thinks Katniss is going to win. She even said that Katniss was a survivor. Katniss refers back to when Peeta helped her, and that is why she has survived this long. Peeta remarks about how the sponsors will all want to help her. And then things get pretty stemay when Peeta makes a comment about how Katniss doesn't know the effect she has on people. Haymitch advises Katniss to keep her bow skills a secret during the general training sessions and only to reveal them during her private session with the Gamemakers. He tells them to pick up useful skills during group training. He also advises themto stay by each other's side. Katniss is annoyed and she's angry that she and Peeta have to pretend to be friends, and irritated with Peeta's remark about her effect on people. When its time for training all the tributes gather together. Katniss notices that most of the tributes are bigger than her, but many are not fed as well. That gives her an edge. The rich kid tributes, of course, are fed and trained and ready to go. Practice time starts. They can either go to combat stations or learn some survival skills. Sticking together, Peeta and Katniss decide to learn some skills like knot tying, and camouflage. (Peeta likes this skill since it's like decorating a cake. This in turn annoys Katniss further.) Training lasts over three days and it's more of the same: Katniss and Peeta learn more survival skills like how to start a fire and make a shelter. They steer clear of weightlifting and archery so as not to give away their skill sets. Peeta and Katniss eat together during meals, as do the Career Tributes (the rich kids). The rest sit alone. Katniss and Peeta attempt to make conversation during the second day of training, Peeta and Katniss notice that they have a shadow Rue, a little dark-skinned girl from District 11, who is tiny and reminds Katniss of Prim. Katniss watches her and realizes that she's good with plants, climbs fast, and can aim with a slingshot. On the evening of the second night, Peeta and Katniss start joking around. Katniss laughs, but then is confused if the are friends for real or not. She tells Peeta that they shouldn't pretend to be friends when not around the others. The third day of training is the private session with the Gamemakers. Katniss goes into hers and sees what she's been waiting for: a bow and arrow. She's clumsy with the weapon at first, but after getting familiar with it, she hits the practice dummy through the heart and hits multiple targets around the gymnasium. Not many of the Gamemakers notice. Most are crowded around the free buffet in the gym especially the huge roast pig that's been brought in for them. Irritated, Katniss shoots an arrow straight into the apple in the pig's mouth, and storms out.
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