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[ she can't even imagine someone she loves switching sides on their own. just the thought alone makes her ill, so it's good they aren't having this conversation in public or else katniss might do something ridiculous like throw her arms around him and hug him tight. and that would be terrible. ]

i don't know how to

[ no, that's not true. she's all she's ever had to rely on. peeta and haymitch and finnick and even gale to some extent, they all came later. she's been doing this since she was eleven. she's got this. ]

i'm sorry about your friend

you'll manage

[ they both will. that's what she's trying to say. ]