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[Katniss is looking as cheerful as ever. Which is to say, not at all.]

Even if all these investigations find a way to fix the turtle, what's going to be done about the game? The kedan are coming to us for food, and what you can call a forest has basically been stripped clean. Unless we're just all living off vegetables until the next few breeding seasons have passed.

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[There's a faintly bewildered look on Katniss' face, because she isn't sure what some of those words are. Infantry, yes, but cavalry and equestrian are less familiar] Some skills can surprise you. My - someone I know decorates cakes. He managed to camouflage himself into a tree.

[A shrug] If I did, I'd tell you I didn't. I've stopped trying to figure it out at this point. Just be careful. [The similarities might only be superficial, but Katniss is not really in enough of a mentally stable place to be able to note that. She knows Hazel isn't Rue, but her life in this place is made up of memories. It makes her more open with this girl, although probably way more confusing]

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[She sort of perks up a little because art and that is one awesome understanding of color and she wants to talk to them, pick their brain. Hazel seems not to notice the change of track mid-sentence.] That's amazing. I'm not of that skill level yet.

[She nods in understanding.] You don't have to worry.

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He's... [And she's just going to trail off, because Katniss has no idea what Peeta is to her anymore. She leaves the word there, switching to the second part]

Sometimes worrying reminds you that you still want to be alive. [She shrugs, a little awkwardly]

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I guess that sort of makes sense.