Yes. Snow did this, I know that without a doubt. But I can't exactly absolve myself either. District 12 was guilty of nothing except having the misfortune to have me. Objectively, I know that there were few choices and I did what I thought was right at the time, but it doesn't matter because they're still dead. Finnick. Cinna. Boggs. Prim. It's becoming a list, a number that I can't count on my fingers.

But Gale doesn't understand. He doesn't even know about the Quell.

"Snow's dead," I breathe through my hands, trying not to inhale more ash than necessary. "I saw him die," but it's hard to feel satisfaction, even surrounded by the remains of 12, because his death didn't change Prim's fate.