Голодные игры

           Perhapssomeofthemerchantswerealittlegenerousintheirtrades,butIalwaysattributedthattotheirlong-standingrelationshipwithmyfather.Besides,mygameisfirst-class.Noonepitiedme!

           Iglowerattherollsurehemeanttoinsultme.

           Afteraboutaminuteofthis,Haymitchsays,"Well,then.Well,well,well.Katniss,there’snoguaranteethey’llbebowsandarrowsinthearena,butduringyourprivatesessionwiththeGamemakers,showthemwhatyoucando.Untilthen,stayclearofarchery.Areyouanygoodattrapping?"

           "Iknowafewbasicsnares,"Imutter.

           "Thatmaybesignificantintermsoffood,"saysHaymitch."AndPeeta,she’sright,neverunderestimatestrengthinthearena.Veryoften,physicalpowertiltstheadvantagetoaplayer.IntheTrainingCenter,theywillhaveweights,butdon’trevealhowmuchyoucanliftinfrontoftheothertributes.Theplan’sthesameforbothofyou.Yougotogrouptraining.Spendthetimetryingtolearnsomethingyoudon’tknow.Throwaspear.Swingamace.Learntotieadecentknot.Saveshowingwhatyou’rebestatuntilyourprivatesessions.Areweclear?"saysHaymitch.PeetaandInod.

           "Onelastthing.Inpublic,Iwantyoubyeachother’ssideeveryminute,"saysHaymitch.Webothstarttoobject,butHaymitchslamshishandonthetable."Everyminute!It’snotopenfordiscussion!YouagreedtodoasIsaid!Youwillbetogether,youwillappearamiabletoeachother.Nowgetout.MeetEffieattheelevatorattenfortraining."