You can’t love someone like you love him and not change. [Though Katniss hasn’t said as much, Pepper feels safe making the assumption. Whether it be as a dear friend or something more, the strength of what Katniss feels for Peeta is all too clear.] Maybe you’re willing to take a risk you weren’t before, or acting more cautiously because you don’t want to hurt that person.

Or maybe you can actually cry because you miss them so much, if you were the sort of person who kept everything bottled up inside. [She hesitates, her voice softer when she speaks again.] Maybe you became the sort of person who could tell someone that you love them, when they’d never thought they’d hear those words from you.

I know it hurts. But do you really want to lose what you have left of him?