[Jesus, just where does Katniss come from that her outlook on life is so bleak? Maybe she's from Valence, it's been in a lot of turmoil ever since the war.]

Maybe they mean for it to be a game? They can't possibly be serious about killing, that sort of thing isn't allowed in this country.

[He doesn't seem too sure of his words, though, and he is nervously fidgeting with his hair, tucking a loose clump of it back behind his ear.]