“Katniss....he's still trying to keep you alive.”

“I must still look perplexed because Gale delivers the next line very slowly. “Katniss…he’s still trying to keep you alive.” To keep me alive? And then I understand. The Games are still on.”

“Katniss Everdeen, the girl who was on fire, you have provided a spark that, left unattended, may grow to an inferno that destroys Panem," he says.”

“hey. I just wanted to make sure you got home," I say. "Katniss, I live three houses away from you," he says.”

“Katniss the mockingjay”

“Katniss! Katniss! I can hear my name called from all sides. Everyone wants my kisses.”

“Katniss," Gale says softly.I recognize that voice. It's the same one he uses to approach wounded animals before he delivers a deathblow. I Instinctively raise my hand to block his words but he catches it and holds on tightly.Don't," I whisper.But Gale is not one to keep secrets from me.Katniss, There is no District Twelve.”