Her name is Usagi. She... [a note of hesitation] said it's something friends call each other.
[Or, rather, she had implied it. Either way, the word was nearly alien to Clove. District Two had little use for it, at least the serious participants in the athletic program.
Clove had a few companions among her peers, some male and some female, but she had not really gotten attached. Why bother when any of you could be dead by eighteen?
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[Or, rather, she had implied it. Either way, the word was nearly alien to Clove. District Two had little use for it, at least the serious participants in the athletic program.
Clove had a few companions among her peers, some male and some female, but she had not really gotten attached. Why bother when any of you could be dead by eighteen?
There had been only one exception for her.]