"I'm not too bad with swords, but I think I'm the best at hand-to-hand combat. I can snap people's necks in a matter of seconds." Cato explained confidently.

Glimmer nodded. "Marvel here is good with spears. Hey, where did Clove go?"

"Clove? Oh, over there by District 4."

"Thanks." Glimmer said, walking over to Clove.

"So, how is everyone?" Glimmer asked.

Clove and the District 4 tributes paused their chatting.

"We're doing great! They're really good with tridents, probably because they're from District 4 and all…" Clove replied.

The girl tribute began to look a bit nervous. "Uh…are you trying to get us to be allies?" she asked.

Clove looked surprised. "Yes…"

"District 4 is a Career district, after all." interjected Glimmer.

Now the poor girl looked very nervous. "Um…Actually, I'm already in an alliance." she said uncomfortably before dashing away.

"I don't know what's up with her." the other District 4 tribute said. "I'd be more than happy to join your alliance."

Clove smiled rather snake-like. "Good. I'm glad you know what's best for you."

Glimmer smiled as well. "Well, you can join Cato and Marvel over there. They're discussing what abilities they have that can prove useful in the arena. Clove and I are going to do our own training over thataway."

Clove's eyebrow raised. "Own...training?"

"Yes. You said you're good with knives. So show me."

"I will!" Clove said in a determined voice.

Glimmer quickly realized just how valuable Clove was going to be to their Career alliance.

"Wah-yaaah!" Clove yelled, hitting yet another dummy straight in the heart. She had just used up her last knife so she waited for Glimmer to say something.

"Clove, that was fantastic! Ten out of a grand total of ten targets hit! Just think about how many tributes we'll be able to kill!" Glimmer said excitedly.

Clove beamed. "Thank you. One of us is sure to win the Games, I'm sure of it!"

What happened next was, to be honest, totally and completely odd. Clove slowly looked up into Glimmer's twinkling eyes and gave her a genuine smile. Glimmer smiled back, reached down, and pulled Clove into a tight embrace. Clove let out a small gasp of surprise as she buried her pointy nose in Glimmer's soft, shiny hair. Neither Clove nor Glimmer cared about the 22 other tributes pausing their training to stare at them.

"Has anyone ever told you that your hair smells reeeeaaally nice?" Clove asked Glimmer in a daze.

"Yes. And thank you very much." Glimmer said, grinning.

"Are they..." a tribute from District 10 whispered to a tribute from 6.

"I'm..not sure." tribute 6 whispered back.

Clove was still a bit stunned (but in a good way) as Glimmer took her by the hand back over to the rack of knives.

"Well, let's get back to practice." Glimmer said with confidence. Suddenly, she noticed Clove was still dazed. "Clove? Clove? CLOVE! Are you there!"

"Yes." replied Clove as she set her eyes on the sharpest knife. Once again, she aimed at the target and hurled the knife, aim as close to perfect as you can get.