Oh god. Oh, god. This was bad. This was incredibly bad. What had the Initiate done to get himself made an avox? Did it have to do with that disaster of a jailbreak, or had someone talked? Had someone who had been captured told the Capitol that the Initiate was leading a small cell of rebellious Tributes.

Horror seeps through Carlos as he realizes what he might be facing when this arena was over. He might very well be brought straight back into that jail.

"Initiate, listen," he says, very serious. "You need to get out of here. Find someplace to hide. Try to survive for as long as you can." If he stayed alive for long enough, the avox conditioning might start to wear off. Then, maybe, they could communicate. But not now. Oh, god. The things Initiate could have told them...