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It all happened so fast.

She had been curled up in the back of the plane, watching Peeta sleep. Not sleep really. But she could pretend he was asleep.

The images she had seen...she couldn't get them out of her mind. She was glad that they had put her and Peeta into a seperate hoover craft. Away from Gale, and conversations she didn't want to have.

About how bad that place was.

About the fact that Peeta had been down there. And Johanna. And Annie. And who knew how many other people they hadn't been able to rescue. Cinna? Effie? Portia?

Being alone to watch Peeta in his unconscious state was about the only thing that saved her. Because when she woke up after the huge flash of light and deafening sound that exploded out of nowhere, the back end of the hovercraft was upside down, and some distance away from what remained of the front end.

Which was not much.

She sat up, body aching and head spinning. It took a moment to orient herself, and might have taken longer if her mind hadn't lighted on one thought.

Peeta.

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The confusion was clear on her face.

How could he still have this much venom in him?

"Peeta. Listen to me. You were stung by tracker jackers again. That's why nothing makes sense. But I am not your enemy."

[breadonfire]

"You're lying again! You've done it before!"

The confusion didn't matter to him. He'd seen what she'd done. To District 12. To his family and friends. To the other districts not alligned with her cause.

"If you want to kill me, don't play games...Please Katniss."

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"I don't want to kill you." She said, kneeling down in front of him.

Something was wrong. Deeply wrong. It wasn't just a few stings.

"Peeta. Please, listen to me. We are lost, in the woods. We were shot down after rescuing you. Do you understand?"

[breadonfire]

"No!" It was honest. He was completely confused. Last he'd remembered, he'd been locked in that tiny cell, his cruel doctor mocking him about something, "I don't..understand any of it!"

omg I figured out what's wrong with sarah.

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Now she wasn't sure what to do.

She remembered being stung. How nothing made sense, and everything slipped away too quickly, or too slowly, and your mind went everywhere.

"You have to trust me. For our safety. Peeta, I've never hurt you."

[breadonfire]

"You've...You've said that before. And you lied," A thousand different memories flashed through his mind as he started to shake. A bit of poison in his meals in the cave. Katniss raising the nightlock to his lips. Nights tangled together under the covers on the train. Her arrow trained on his heart.

"Lied so many times..."