«President Snow used to…sell me…my body, that is,» Finnick begins in a flat, removed tone. «I wasn’t the only one. If a victor is considered desirable, the president gives them as a reward or allows people to buy them for an exorbitant amount of money. If you refuse, he kills someone you love. So you do it.»

«I wasn’t the only one, but I was the most popular,» he says. «And perhaps the most defenseless, because the people I loved were so defenseless. To make themselves feel better, my patrons would make presents of money or jewelry, but I found a much more valuable form of payment.»

«Secrets.»

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«And now, on to our good President Coriolanus Snow,» says Finnick. «Such a young man when he rose to power. Such a clever one to keep it. How, you must ask yourself, did he do it? One word. That’s all you really need to know. Poison. »