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Mayor Rawlings Really Hates Being Interrupted

Like, really hates it.

By Zac Crain | March 18, 2014|4:12 pm

"So then Haymitch is training Katniss and Peeta for the Hunger Games --" — “So then Haymitch is training Katniss and Peeta for the Hunger Games –“

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, hold up. I thought they already won the Hunger Games?" — “Whoa, whoa, whoa, hold up. I thought they already won the Hunger Games?”

[long sigh]

"Well, yeah, Tom, heh heh, they did, they did. You're right. But we're talking about the second book, remember?" — “Well, yeah, Tom, heh heh, they did, they did. You’re right. But we’re talking about the second book, remember?”

"Anyway ... " — “Heh heh. Anyway, like I was saying, Haymitch is training — “

"Second book?" — “Second book?”

" ... " — ” … “

"I, uh -- are you messing with me, right now? Seriously? 'Second book?' What is that? What are you doing?" — “I, uh — are you messing with me, right now? Seriously? ‘Second book?’ What is that? What are you doing?”

"Just asking a question. Jeez. Come on." — “Just asking a question. Jeez. Come on.”

" ... " — ” … “

"Heh heh, OK, OK, you're right. Sorry. Just get a little wound up sometimes. OK, where was I? Oh, right." — “Heh heh, OK, OK, you’re right. Sorry. Just get a little wound up sometimes. OK, where was I? Oh, right.”

"Sooooo, Haymitch is training Katniss and Peeta, and what's kind of neat is you don't realize that a lot of this is kind of just a setup for the third book. The whole second Hunger Games is almost just a red herr --" — “Sooooo, Haymitch is training Katniss and Peeta, and what’s kind of neat is you don’t realize that a lot of this is kind of just a setup for the third book. The whole second Hunger Games is almost just a red herr –“

"Third book?!" — “Third book?!”

"Get out of here and never come back. Do you hear me? Do you? NEVER. COME. BACK." — “Get out of here and never come back. Do you hear me? Do you? NEVER. COME. BACK.”

[door closes] "OK, Mike, calm down. Find your spirit cave. Come on. There it is." — [door closes] “OK, Mike, calm down. Find your spirit cave. Come on. There it is.”

"Mmmm." — “Mmmm.”

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