
‘I thought he wanted it, anyway.’
‘Not like this,’ Haymitch says. ‘He wanted it to be real.’

He can use words. He obliterated the rest of the field at both interviews. And maybe it’s because of that underlying goodness that he can move a crowd – no, a country – to his side with the turn of a simple sentence.

PEETA : “And I said, ‘A coal miner? Why did she want a coal miner if she could’ve had you?’ And he said, ‘Because when he sings… even the birds stop to listen.’
KATNISS : “That’s true. They do. I mean, they did.”