"Then itâ€™s just Venia, whose skin is so pale her tattoos appear to be leaping off it. Almost rigid with determination, she does my hair and nails and makeup, fingers flying swiftly to compensate for her absent teammates. The whole time, she avoids my gaze. Itâ€™s only when Cinna shows up to approve me and dismiss her that she takes my hands, looks me straight in the eye, and says, â€œWe would all like you to know what aâ€¦privilege it has been to make you look your best.â€ Then she hastens from the room."

-- Suzanne Collins

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