[She's prepared for that. Remembers the lectures, how she's heard that it's supposed to hurt the first time. That there are exceptions but that it usually hurts.
Of course, most girls in Panem haven't been in the Hunger Games. Even less have been in it twice. And so very few have sustained the level of injury Katniss has had to her body.
Holding her breath, she's so prepared for the pain. But none comes, nothing past a mild discomfort. A strange weight inside of her.
Peeta Mellark's inside of her. It's not a day she ever thought she'd see.]
No. [She smiles at him, kisses him - his lips and his chin and every corner of his mouth.] It's okay. I'm okay.
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Of course, most girls in Panem haven't been in the Hunger Games. Even less have been in it twice. And so very few have sustained the level of injury Katniss has had to her body.
Holding her breath, she's so prepared for the pain. But none comes, nothing past a mild discomfort. A strange weight inside of her.
Peeta Mellark's inside of her. It's not a day she ever thought she'd see.]
No. [She smiles at him, kisses him - his lips and his chin and every corner of his mouth.] It's okay. I'm okay.