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Clerk Carmine brought Lucy Gray a plant he'd uprooted from the lake, with pointy leaves and small white flowers. "Hey, you found some katniss. Good work, CC." Coriolanus wondered if he meant it to be decorative, like the Grandma'am's roses, but she immediately examined the roots, from which small tubers hung. "Little too early yet." "Yeah," Clerk Carmine agreed. "For what?" asked Coriolanus. "For eating. In a few weeks, these will grow into decent-sized potatoes, and we can roast them," said Lucy Gray. "Some people call them swamp potatoes, but I like katniss better. Has a nice ring to it."
Lucy Gray was the katniss uprooted a little too early, but Katniss was uprooted right on time. It was not a decorative plant, just as Lucy Gray was not a decorative trophy to be hung on Coriolanus' arm. It was a symbol of hunger defeated, as Katniss is roasted to set fire to the rebellion. Some people called her a girl, but Katniss had a better ring to it.