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[ Oh. That...she knew about them, had met Sokka, had even liked him in a general way because he'd put a smile on her sister's face and that was worth everything in the world. But if that was what had happened, she knew - the things that were probably going through Katniss' head. Katniss, who rarely even seemed to believe she deserved Prim's love, which had never been in question.

Luceti sometimes seemed to be full of lies like this. Things they felt and didn't feel, and relationships built like a house of cards. Prim knew at least one relationship, one emotion, was always true, though. She cared about her sister more than anyone else in the world.

And she leaned over to hug Katniss now, wishing she could help more than she felt she could. ]

I'm sorry, Katniss. This place...it does horrible things sometimes, doesn't it?