Suzanne Collins: "Aku memikirkan pertukaran yang kejam dan kejam kemba...

"Aku memikirkan pertukaran yang kejam dan kejam kembali ke hovercraft. Kepahitan yang mengikutinya. Tapi yang saya katakan adalah, "Saya tidak percaya Anda tidak menyelamatkan Peeta." "Aku tahu," jawabnya. Ada rasa ketidaklengkapan. Dan bukan karena dia belum meminta maaf. Tetapi karena kami adalah tim. Kami memiliki kesepakatan untuk menjaga Peeta aman. Kesepakatan mabuk, tidak realistis yang dibuat dalam gelap malam, tetapi kesepakatan sama saja. Dan di hati saya, saya tahu kami berdua gagal. "Sekarang kamu mengatakannya," kataku padanya. "Aku tidak percaya kau membiarkan dia keluar dari pandanganmu malam itu," kata Haymitch."

--- Suzanne Collins

Versi Bahasa Inggris

I think of the snarling, cruel exchange back on the hovercraft. The bitterness that followed. But all I say is "I can't believe you didn't rescue Peeta." "I know," he replies. There's a sense of incompleteness. And not because he hasn't apologized. But because we were a team. We had a deal to keep Peeta safe. A drunken, unrealistic deal made in the dark of night, but a deal just the same. And in my heart of hearts, I know we both failed. "Now you say it," I tell him. "I can't believe you let him out of your sight that night," says Haymitch.