Maximus shook his head. "I could not tell you. I've seen only you and- Wyatt." He hesitated on the last word, his face growing dark. "I thought, at first, that this might..." He looked back out toward the sand, and then shook his head. "But once I received gifts, I knew we were still in the games."

He carefully replaced his headdress so that the fabric covered his mouth (to keep out the dust, and keep the moisture in), before he began to start the long trek toward the mountain.