At least Gale doesn't sugar coat it. Peeta thinks he'd find that far more annoying. Having to sift through what are the lies in someone he didn't know telling him about this place. Gale doesn't have a reason.

They don't have reasons to be nice to each other. Especially not for her, or because of her. It's an odd thing to take comfort in. But he's taken comfort in so much worse lately.


"What things?"