Peetah shed the top layer of his clothes, then took her back into his arms. He was trying to be as careful as possible in order to not make her blisterng burns worse. He eased her back into his lap, leaning down to kiss her damp cheeks, tasting the salt from her tears. "Shh," he whispered, "We will be fine. There will be no need for me to leave you. And I won't." He shook his head and sighed. "We are in this together... And the best thing you can go for me is to relax and breathe, and let your body heal so that we have a dying chance." He needed to not frighten her anymore than she already was, and he didn't plan to. So, he reached up a bandaged hand a smiled in the darkness. "Let's talk about something else," he whispered, "Tell me about your life in District 12. After all, I had never met you before the Games... I don't think."
Scarlet's vision was starting to swim so she close her eyes, letting his stroke her hair as her hand came up to rest on his thigh. She gave him a very weak shake of the head. "Stop," she whimpered. "Stop..." Her jaw clenced. She hated leaving him like this, but she had no choice. She had lost a tremendous amount of blood; so much that she'd need to be in a hospital to survive. "You are not a coward, you're just smarter than everyone else," she murmured, sniffing a bit through her tears. "You can not afford... to stay here... any longer," she whispered, breathing through the pain. "You need to go hide, Jace.... Stop pretending I'm not dying."
Scarlet's vision was starting to swim so she close her eyes, letting his stroke her hair as her hand came up to rest on his thigh. She gave him a very weak shake of the head. "Stop," she whimpered. "Stop..." Her jaw clenced. She hated leaving him like this, but she had no choice. She had lost a tremendous amount of blood; so much that she'd need to be in a hospital to survive. "You are not a coward, you're just smarter than everyone else," she murmured, sniffing a bit through her tears. "You can not afford... to stay here... any longer," she whispered, breathing through the pain. "You need to go hide, Jace.... Stop pretending I'm not dying."