She had loved that little necklace, loved the thought that a boy had made it for her to impress her. For all Gale and Peeta had vied for her affections, neither of them had ever made her something. Not that their actions were meaningless. Far from. But there had been something... special in thinking a boy other than them could like and want her.

If she had known then that they were Richard's buttons, she would have loved the necklace even more. Just for that reason.

But matters hadn't worked out like that. "I wouldn't want to take anything away from you."