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n a little damp。 They must have drained it while we slept;〃 I say。 A fear of the cracked tongue; aching body and fuzzy mind brought on by my previous dehydration creeps into my consciousness。 Our bottles and skin are fairly full; but with two drinking and this hot sun it wonˇt take long to deplete them。
¨The lake;〃 says Peeta。 ¨Thatˇs where they want us to go。〃
¨Maybe the ponds still have some;〃 I say hopefully。
¨We can check;〃 he says; but heˇs just humoring me。 Iˇm humoring myself because I know what Iˇll find when we return to the pond where I soaked my leg。 A dusty; gaping mouth of a hole。 But we make the trip anyway just to confirm what we already know。
¨Youˇre right。 Theyˇre driving us to the lake;〃 I say。 Where thereˇs no cover。 Where theyˇre guaranteed a bloody fight to the death with nothing to block their view。 ¨Do you want to go straightaway or wait until the waterˇs tapped out?〃
¨Letˇs go now; while weˇve had food and rest。 Letˇs just go end this thing;〃 he says。
I nod。 Itˇs funny。 I feel almost as if itˇs the first day of the Games again。 That Iˇm in the same position。 Twenty…one tributes are dead; but I still have yet to kill Cato。 And really; wasnˇt he always the one to kill? Now it seems the other tributes were just minor obstacles; distractions; keeping us from the real battle of the Games。 Cato and me。
But no; thereˇs the boy waiting beside me。 I feel his arms wrap around me。
¨Two against one。 Should be a piece of cake;〃 he says。
¨Next time we eat; it will be in the Capitol;〃 I answer。
¨You bet it will;〃 he says。
We stand there a while; locked in an embrace; feeling each other; the sunlight; the rustle of the leaves at our feet。 Then without a word; we break apart and head for