The squirrels were the hardest thing to take care of, so what I start on first. This is the part I used to help my father with, and I find myself smiling as I work. It's likely the first time Katniss has seen me do this, and that's strangely pleasing too. "I landed rather ungracefully in the snow, if I remember correctly. Not the first time you've had to pull me off my butt off the ice."

The victory tour had been the last time, and while that's not the best memory we share, but there were moments - brief, brief moments - where I could almost convince myself it wasn't a game we were playing. "You say that before you've seen all the mess I can make in the kitchen."