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or to be used for communication. The Capitol had a few of them about for about 10 years after the uprisings, but a rebel scientist had deleted over 400 gigabytes of data detailing the schematics of very powerful tech before she was murdered. One of the things she had deleted was the science behind satellites, so slowly, whatever satellites the Capitol had already had in orbit became decommissioned, and were unable to be replaced.” “She must not have deleted very important things,” Madge grumbles. “The Capitol has tons of really scary technology.” “They do,” Al agrees. “But if you ever study the technology used in the Dark Days, you’ll find that Capitol tech really isn’t all that advanced, which is a good thing. I’m not saying they’re …show more content…

“I remember when I was 12, and I was watching the reapings, all I could think was that could have been me. My Father he…” Al trails off and shakes his head. “Anyways, from a very young age, I was disgusted by the world I lived in, so I immersed myself into astrophysics. I used to daydream about living on the moon by myself.” “That sounds awfully lonely,” Madge comments, feeling ashamed that Al is right, a part of her did hate him from where he was from, which had been totally unfair and cruel of her. “Yeah, well, I was used to loneliness. At least up there I wouldn’t have be surrounded by barbarians,” Al chuckles bitterly. Madge stares at his profile. His eyes hooded, and the visible part of his irises are pained. “I know a thing or two about loneliness,” Madge confesses in a whisper. “My Father was the Mayor of 12. Everyone either resented me for my family’s affiliation with the Capitol, or feared the supposed power and influence I held. The one friend I had was shipped off to the Games, and then again to the Quell.” Al looks at her in surprise. “You’re friends with Katniss?” Madge just nods, not wanting to appear boastful. “Huh,” Al says, tilting his head as he studies her. “I was kind of surprised when I found you yesterday alone. You look like the kinda girl that has a bunch of guys trailing after her. Not a loner.” “Trust me,” Madge huffs. “I have no admirers to speak of.” “But why?” Al presses on. “You’re

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