But how safe was 'safe'? Alex wasn't sure Don was doing Momoko any favors, keeping her in the Arena with the rest of them instead of just letting her get bumped off early to spend the rest of the time in the Capitol. It hadn't occurred to him that someone might try to orchestrate things so a weaker Tribute could become a Victor. He just didn't have that kind of faith in people anymore.

"Sort of killed you?" Alex raised an eyebrow. "How can you 'sort of' kill someone?" It was an odd way to phrase things. If something was an accident, people usually called it that. But 'sort of' didn't carry the same meaning as 'accidentally'.