"Maybe that's true," she murmurs, trying not to let that idea sink in. "But it helps me sleep better to think that my son didn't lose both his parents because someone from another world thought we'd be more interesting in a death match than at home with him." Not to mention what Dennett had told her about the things that had happened in the days after she had been brought to Panem, that he remembered her being there. Or maybe it was some sort of paradox.

"The important thing is that you keep giving them a reason to revive you, in that case."