Rye shook his head but sheathed his knife. Eden was right. He followed them  but cautioned.<br/>"Don't go to far back because of the spiders."<br/><br/>He refused to make eye contact with Z. Stupid, stupid, stupid. he thought.<br/><br/>"I won't carry you any more." he said abruptly to her, pointing a brown finger in her face.<br/><br/>Day Z lifted her chin.<br/><br/>"I don't expect anything from you, Rye. Thank you for carrying me in Janiel's name. You honored her today and showed everyone just who you are." she answered softly but wearily.<br/><br/>She turned to Eden.<br/>"Last year, Rye's brother, Dyson was one of my tributes to groom." she sighed, fighting back tears." We fell in love. Some how the gamemakers caught wind of it. When Dyson was about to strike the winning blow, they sent mutts to  tear him apart. A lesson to me to not love my tributes. A lesson to all of us in the Capitol that we are to never love the people in the districts. A lesson to drive home the separation between we the people of the Panem and the lowly fodder for the Hunger Games."<br/><br/>Rye glared at her.<br/>"You don't have a right to even speak his name!"<br/><br/>Day Z nodded.<br/>"I loved him and it is my fault he died." she said simply. "If you aren't going to kill me, I'm going to sleep. I'm exhausted."