"Yeah, that's a good thing."

And not just them. Katniss saw faces she knew, faces she was use to being dirty and gaunt. They might not exactly be sparkling Capitol fashionistasthank god, but they were clean, well feed...and something else. Something was gone from their faces.

It wasn't that they were happy. There was still too much hurt, too much war. But there was hope now. Real hope. Not the Capitol's manufactured hope.

"Maybe this was worth it..." She said softly, so only he could hear.