RT Romulus Thread
[Commander Romulus Thread is whipping Gale Hawthorne in the town square for poaching when Katniss intervenes.]
Move. [raises his whip] You want another?
Katniss Everdeen
Go ahead.
Haymitch Abernathy
[Thread shifts the whip to his left hand and draws his sidearm with his right] [hurrying in between them]
Whoah, whoah, whoah!
RT Romulus Thread
[aims at Haymitch]
Get out of my way!
Haymitch Abernathy
Y-you don't wanna shoot her.
RT Romulus Thread
How 'bout I shoot both of ya?
Haymitch Abernathy
Look, Commander, you're new here. Trust me, I'm trying to help. I'm Haymitch. You recognize her? Katniss Everdeen? Darling of the Capitol?
RT Romulus Thread
She interfered with a Peacekeeper.
Haymitch Abernathy
I never said she was smart! Look, I- you already got a couple of lashes in-
RT Romulus Thread
That's not good enough; she's an agitator! [jerks his pistol to the right as Peeta approaches him]
Peeta Mellark
Easy. Easy.
Haymitch Abernathy
Look, you sure Snow wants three dead Victors here? Cause that's what we're looking at. It's bad enough that you marked up her face on the eve of the big wedding. Let it go. And we will, too.
RT Romulus Thread
[After a few seconds, Thread holsters his weapon.]
All right. Okay. But next time, it's the firing squad.
Haymitch Abernathy
Excellent idea.
RT Romulus Thread
I don't care who she is. [shouting angrily] Clear the square! [turns to the crowd, still shouts] You’re all under curfew! Anyone out after dark will be shot on sight! [turns back to Haymitch] Get 'em outta here.
Haymitch Abernathy
[points to a TV]
Cashmere and Gloss, brother and sister, District 1. They won back-to-back games, Capitol favorites, lots of sponsors, they will be lethal.[TV changes] and the other half of the career pack, Brutus and Enobaria.
Katniss Everdeen
What's with her teeth?
Haymitch Abernathy
She had them filed into fangs so she could rip people's throats out.
Peeta Mellark
She's committed, I'll give her that.
Haymitch Abernathy
[TV changes]
Wiress and Beetee. Not fighters, but brilliant. And weird. Real tech-savvy. He won his games by electrocuting six tributes at once. [TV changes] The Morphlings, masters of camouflage. They won their games by hiding until everyone was dead. Self medicating ever since, which I applaud; not a threat. [TV changes to Finnick Odair]
Katniss Everdeen
Finnick Odair, right?
Haymitch Abernathy
Yes he won his games at 14, youngest ever. Extremely humble.
Katniss Everdeen
You're kidding.
Haymitch Abernathy
Yes I'm kidding, he's a peacock. A total preener. But he's the Capitol darling, they love him here. Charming, smart, and very skilled in combat, especially in water.
Peeta Mellark
Any weaknesses?
Haymitch Abernathy
One. Mags. She volunteered for Annie. Mags was his mentor and basically raised him. If he's trying to protect her in any way, it exposes him.
Katniss Everdeen
A guy like that should know she's not going to make it. I bet when it really comes down to it, he won't protect her.
Haymitch Abernathy
Well, Katniss, I hope when she goes, she goes quickly. She's actually a wonderful lady.
Haymitch Abernathy
Good news. At least half the tributes want you as allies.
Peeta Mellark
They saw her shoot.
Haymitch Abernathy
Well, sweetheart, you got your pick of the litter.
Katniss Everdeen
I want Wiress and Beetee.
Peeta Mellark
Johanna calls them "Nuts" and "Volts".
Haymitch Abernathy
OK, good. Who else?
Katniss Everdeen
Mags. [Peeta turns away in disapproval] All right, fine. Then no one.
Haymitch Abernathy
I'll tell them you're still making up your mind.
