Lucy, Viola, and Jessup were sitting together trying to keep warm. Viola's head was on Lucy's shoulder when she was woken up. Viola looked behind her to see Coriolanus standing by the bars. Lucy called out to Jessup, but he wasn't nudging. Viola and Lucy sat beside the bars. "What happened to his neck?" Coriolanus asked, making the girls look at Jessup when Lucy said, "A bat bite. The first night on the train, he didn't sleep a wink the whole journey 'cause he was keeping the bats off Viola, so she would get some rest." The trio heard someone taunting one of the tributes. "One thing I learned in 12 is that hunger is a weapon. Your friend over there sure knows it." Lucy said to Coriolanus as he looked over at his classmate. "She is not my friend. She is poison with perfect teeth." Coriolanus said. Viola giggled at what he said making him smile to himself when he looked back at Lucy and said, "Are you gonna share everything that I give you with Jessup?" This made both girls confused.
"You think we ought to build up our strength so we can strangle him in the arena?" Viola said. Lucy shook her head saying, "Not exactly my forte." Coriolanus took both girls hand saying, "I might have a chance to help you. To make some suggestions to the Gamemakers. I might even be able to get the audience to send you gifts in the arena. Food and water to keep you going. You just have to try singing and playing again to win people over." Viola looked at Lucy, but she shook her head and spoke. "We don't sing when we're told. We sing when we have something to say." Viola looked down as she softly spoke, "Besides, I've seen your arena. There's nowhere to hide. What's the point? The guards say you get money if you get more people to watch and you say you wanna help me. Which is it?" Coriolanus grabbed Viola's hand bringing it to his chest and said, "Both."
Coriolanus's classmate was still teasing the tribute, making Viola shake her head with disappointment. "You know, one time, during the war, I ate a whole jar of paste just to stop the pain in my stomach." Lucy asked, "And how was it?" Coriolanus snorted, saying. "Pasty." The girls laughed as Viola looked at the youngest tribute and said, "That little one. She's so sweet. So young. Something about her reminds me of our cousin Maude Ivory. I can't stand to think of them without us like this." Coriolanus nodded.
Lucy then said, "You seem like a good man, Coriolanus Snow. Sure, would've been nice to meet you under different circumstances." Coriolanus agreed by saying, "One of your shows, maybe." Viola blushed and said, "We could have had a drink. A dance or two. Like we had all the time in the world." Then horror struck and one of Coriolanus tributes got hurt.
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