"Just like that," Katniss says, laughing as she eases her hands from under him. She doesn't know how long it will take Peeta to notice he's doing it on his own but she isn't going to call attention to it.

"I kind of take for granted the fact that my father used to bring us through the hole in the fence. I don't think anyone else in 12 has ever had a chance to really swim, right?"