Chapter 18
Pages 233-244
There’s no point in comforting words, in telling her she’ll be all right. She’s no fool.
Summary:
Katniss is in no mood for your horsing around today Marvel, no mood!
The boy from District 1 gets straight up shot through the neck with one of Katniss’ arrows of righteous justice before he can even pull his spear out of Rue’s stomach. He’s got the guts to pull the arrow out (which I could absolutely not do), but this is apparently the wrong move because he pretty much drowns in his own blood right there. ^5 Katniss! This is what I’ve been after! So glad you nailed that sucker. But at what cost?
Katniss gathers Rue up onto her lap and tells her she vaporized all of the Career’s supplies, and Rue tells Kat she’s got to win. Katniss knows there’s nothing she can do about the wound, it’s definitely fatal. And then something magical happens. Rue asks Kat to sing to her.
Now. Everyone. Well all know Katniss, and if there’s one thing our ultra paranoid little hunter doesn’t do, it’s got to be sing. But Kat summons the spirit of her dead father and manages to work up a little lullaby for Rue, the mockingjays joining in at the end. Then a cannon fires, and our little stalker is gone.
Wanting to give the Capitol the biggest middle finger she can possibly muster, Kat decides to gather some wildflowers and decorate Rue before the hovercraft is able to take her away – knowing that they’ll have to show the body on TV as it exits the arena. I’m thinking a tribute showing that kind of kindness to another tribute is pretty much unheard of, and possibly even frowned upon. She says one final goodbye, and as she walks away is greeted by a young mockingjay singing Rue’s four note tune; a nice little sentiment. Katniss is reasonably ****ed off and looking for a fight, but the only thing she gets is a small loaf of bread from Haymitch.
Wtf Haymitch? But then she recalls a conversation she had with Peeta about bread (Hey, Peeta bread! Just made this connection. I mean, it's spelled different but still.) and how each District makes it differently. She notices that this bread is from District 11, Rue’s District. She thanks the people of District 11 for the gift. This is the first time a gift has been given to a tribute from a different District. First Kat thinks “Hey, maybe they’re just saying thanks for taking care of their girl.” But then kicking into full on crazy-Kat mode she wonders if they just don’t like their debts to go unpaid (like her). Can’t anyone ever just do something nice for you Katniss?! Apparently not unless their name is redheaded Avox girl.
Either way, I thought it was pretty touching.
Katniss organizes and cooks and eats and is now starting to believe that she can actually win this thing – since she’s the main character and all. All signs are pointing to berserker mode Kat when suddenly we get the lamest announcement ever: If both tributes from a single district are the last two standing, they both win. Crap. Everyone knows what this means, right?
Peeta.
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