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The Everlark quote that is eating holes in my brain at the moment is:

"I have the pearl, though, secured in a parachute with the spile and the medicine at my waist. I hope it makes it back to District 12. Surely my mother and Prim will know to return it to Peeta before they bury my body."

Just. Gosh. All the things the pearl represents and how immediately it became her most treasured possession because Peeta gave it to her. But also. The fondness. The anguish. The way she plans for Peeta to have a piece of her to keep forever. The dramatic scene she pictures of her family (ft Peeta) grieving at her funeral. The statement that "SURELY" her mother and sister will understand the weight, the SIGNIFICANCE of the pearl and simultaneously acknowledge the depth of Peeta's loss in the midst of their own. The fact that she expects her mother and her sister to NOT ONLY accept that she chose to die so Peeta could live BUT ALSO TO CARE FOR HIM AFTER HER DEATH. Ugh it's so much all at once and I am in agony