Gale kisses her a lot, and Katniss doesn't quite know what to make of it. She knows what he wants from her, of course - but that isn't something she can give, so she wishes that they could be friends again. Even if that speaks of the time before the war and she above all people should know that they can't go back. Katniss kneels, sits on her heels on the blanket and glances up at the trees and the occasional bird call ringing in the trees that remind her of Rue's four notes.

Even now, she remembers exactly what those are.