If prompted, Katniss would easily explain how Prim's everything that she isn't. Everything good, kind, and caring. Prim had always been the sister to see the best in other people. Katniss is the cynical one, the selfish one. Prim would never have been able to survive the arena. She had broken down into tears the one time Katniss had tried to take her hunting. She's gentle and sweet, not hard and unlikable like Katniss can be.

"You should meet her," Katniss says earnestly, speaking without thinking. She hadn't expected to want this so much. It's important that they meet. Even more important that they like each other. "I told her about you and.... You'd like her, Derek. It's hard not to."