My voice, at first rough and breaking on the high notes, warms up into something splendid. A voice that would make the mockingjays fall silent and then tumble over themselves to join in.

“It seems like I've only shut my eyes for a few minutes, but when I open them, I…”

“Most of the Peacekeepers turn a blind eye to the few of us who hunt because the…”

“We're supposed to be making up this stuff, playing at being in love, not actual…”

“My father got to know my mother because on his hunts he would sometimes collect…”