By now, Gale has gotten a little uncomfortable with the fact that he can literally do nothing in his hallucination-dream-thing.

Which is starting to make him wonder whether or not it is a hallucination-dream-thing.

He's been sitting at a table by himself, in his hunting clothing, for a while - even after Katniss left.

He doesn't look particularly happy to be here.

And when he notices Peeta by the door, his brooding expression deepens.


But only barely.

(He's pretty good at schooling his face into one of bland sullenness.)

Because at the very least, he's another familiar face.



"Mellark," he calls.