they're just songbirds, right?

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The rebellion never happened

“And then it was like this miracle happened. This blonde girl, the mayor’s daughter, she starts pounding on the door.” Vick chews the inside of his cheek; Rory’s lost in the leaping flames of the fire. “And I was so angry. I was about to get up and scream at her, she was interrupting my final moments with you.”

Again, Gale repeats, “Ma,” but she continues.

“I remembered her from the Games but was too focused on you to recall anything. I was going to blow a fuse at her, I was so livid. But her tiny voice carried over all the commotion and it said ‘use these for your friend.’”

“She doesn’t treat me like I’m from the Seam.”