âMaybe.â He realized it was pointless trying to make Peeta focus on complimenting himself rather than shift the attention on him. To Peeta, he was just here as filler, ready to be sacrificed for Galeâs victory. He hated that, and no doubt would grow to either hate the kidâs demeanor or end up having to protect him in the Games. As if he didnât have enough on his mind to worry about. âCâmon, tribute. Time to see if the odds really are in our favor.â
Pulling away from Peeta he was met by Effie Trinket and Haymitch Abernathy, the two people who would be helping the tributes and guiding them towards their new lives (and possible deaths). He already knew enough about Effie from the Reapings to try to avoid her constant pep, while Haymitch looked about as unhappy about this as Gale was. He decided to just fake it as best as he could during the next day of preparation, until they were finally released into the training room with the other tributes.
Now they was the time to size up their competition. Peeta was among the shortest of the tributes, being taller than those younger than him didn't make him feel that confident. When you had people who were as tall as Cato and Gale in the room you felt even worse about that fact. Despite that, he was strong and  quick-witted which was just as deadly when wielded properly. Peeta stood by Gale in the training room, his ams crossed over his chest. âAre you gonna focus on a specific skill? I've always though you'd be good at sword fighting. Along with being a good marksman. You'd be twice as deadly!â