One good thing about this cramped boat is that it's hard to sneak up on people -- she can hear them coming or see them. That suits Katniss, since she's aware of how easily she startles, and how bad things tend to be when she does. She glances in Sonja's direction to confirm her location and stays still, her fingers deftly tying off her braid.

She shrugs. "I'm all right," she says with the kind of nonchalance that indicates she is insanely competent and doesn't care to brag about it.