Cato

[With everything that's happened, Cato isn't the least bit surprised when the trees start talking and people are transported hundreds of miles away from the village just by opening and closing a door. Cato learns his lesson when Clove and Peeta end up in the mountains and props open all the doors in Clove's apartment to save himself that kind of trouble. He managed to keep a pretty level head until he actually paid attention to what one of the trees outside the community housing was saying.]


-- scared of dogs, can you believe it? Dogs! I saw him lose it just looking at a puppy!

[It was as if someone had shoved ice down his back. Cato knew instantly that they were talking about him. That was all the motivation Cato needed to go lumberjack on these stupid talking trees. He grabbed an axe and started hacking away at it's base. It was a thinner tree, so there wasn't much work involved but it still took time. If it screamed while he cut it down, he didn't care. He just wanted to get rid of it and send a message to the other stupid trees: don't talk about him and he won't cut you down. Simple as that.

For the rest of the day, Cato seems to be coping with the whole 'talking trees' thing fairly well. Until: ]

Clove? Well, according to my sources, she's got a major crush on the boy from District Twelve.

[He doesn't freak out or turn red with anger. He just laughs and chops the tree down on principal. Cato doesn't at all enjoy it either. Nope.]