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Summary
- Clemensia screams and tries to shake off vipers after being bitten, showing colored wounds.
- Lab assistants subdue Clemensia with a black fluid injection, causing her to pass out and be taken away.
- Coriolanus is stopped by Dr. Gaul and questioned about his involvement with proposals in the lab.
- Dr. Gaul warns Coriolanus about lying, threatens to cut ties if he continues, and expresses interest in his proposal.
- Coriolanus, shaken, navigates the lab and encounters unsettling experiments with animal-human hybrids.
- Security escorts him out after he accidentally stumbles into restricted lab areas.
- Outside, grieved and panicked, Coriolanus weighs the Capitol's betrayal and fears for Clemensia's life.
- Deciding to check on Clemensia, Coriolanus heads to the hospital and learns she's alive but may face neurological damage.
- He decides against contacting Clemensia's parents and reflects on who he can trust.
- Coriolanus considers visiting Lucy Gray for advice but is challenged by security at the zoo.
- Coriolanus uses his mentor status to gain access to the zoo, noting the aftermath of chaos and neglect there.
- He observes the tributes' conditions and forms a connection with Lucy Gray, exchanging comfort and a snack.
- Lucy Gray shares her tactics for survival, and Coriolanus promises to support her.
- On leaving the zoo, Coriolanus realizes his own weariness and inability to solve the issues at hand.
- He encounters Persephone Price, another mentor, but conversation is limited by their shared distress.
- At home, Coriolanus is consumed by dark thoughts about the Capitol's ruthlessness and Lucy Gray's dire situation.