"I like to chew things. It helps with hunger." He pauses, then quickly clarifies. "Not that I'm hungry now, but I been pretty starved before the Games. I'm way better fed here than I was before the Capitol kidnapped me."

He takes what he wants and backs away, to a safe distance of about ten feet. "In a way, this shithole's a blessing to me. It's be even better if people could keep from jabbing knives in me and chewing my face off."