Haymitch shrugged not really wanting to talk about the specifics. It was horribly enough without getting into it. "Lets just say someone, somewhere, had a very sick sense of humor when it came to what they made people do." How did you explain the Games to someone that didn't know?
"Unfortunately. Dying in the Games would have been easier." In a lot of ways. In a way he was jealous of those that had. They're suffering at least hadn't been prolonged.