It's one thing to act like friends in a time of peace, but how do you keep that up when those same "friends" could turn around and kill you at any minute? In the war the tributes fight in the area, it's everyone for himself. There's no common cause, and there aren't supposed to be comrades. There's definitely no "universal truce."

There are all kinds of reasons to compete in the Games and give it your all. Usually, though, staying alive is at the top of that list. Katniss' approach is a little different this time around. She will play – she has to – but she'll do so on her own terms. It's the only way she can think of to honor Cinna, to show the people of Panem what the Capitol is really like, and to take action against them in her own "last act of rebellion."