Madge had gotten herself into a dark place as well, thinking about the day that Katniss had volunteered. She and Gale had come to her home before and had given her strawberries for her father. She frowned deeply into her food and then after a long moment.

"I'm sorry," she said, just for the sake of pretending she wasn't in a dark place. "There's a reason we never talked much back home. I'm afraid I'm not very good at it."