Mocking Jay

"Yes," she whispers.
"Twelve burned down, didn't it? Because of her," says Peeta angrily. "Because of Katniss!" He begins to
pull on the restraints.
"Oh, no, Peeta. It wasn't her fault," says Delly.
"Did she tell you that?" he hisses at her.
"Get her out of there," says Plutarch. The door opens immediately and Delly begins to back toward it
slowly.
"She didn't have to. I was--" Delly begins.
"Because she's lying! She's a liar! You can't believe anything she says! She's some kind of mutt the Capitol
created to use against the rest of us!" Peeta shouts.
"No, Peeta. She's not a--" Delly tries again.
"Don't trust her, Delly," says Peeta in a frantic voice. "I did, and she tried to kill me. She killed my friends.
My family. Don't even go near her! She's a mutt!"
A hand reaches through the doorway, pulls Delly out, and the door swings shut. But Peeta keeps yelling. "A
mutt! She's a stinking mutt!"
Not only does he hate me and want to kill me, he no longer believes I'm human. It was less painful being
strangled.
Around me the recovery team members scribble like crazy, taking down every word. Haymitch and Plutarch
grab my arms and propel me out of the room. They lean me up against a wall in the silent hallway. But I know
Peeta continues to scream behind the door and the glass.
Prim was wrong. Peeta is irretrievable. "I can't stay here anymore," I say numbly. "If you want me to be the
Mockingjay, you'll have to send me away."
"Where do you want to go?" asks Haymitch.
"The Capitol." It's the only place I can think of where I have a job to do.
"Can't do it," Plutarch says. "Not until all the districts are secure. Good news is, the fighting's almost over in
all of them but Two. It's a tough nut to crack, though."
That's right. First the districts. Next the Capitol. And then I hunt down Snow.
"Fine," I say. "Send me to Two."