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Contains spoilers
Summary
- Sejanus reveals his plan to help rebels leave District Twelve, including freeing his friend Lil and fleeing North, away from Panem.
- Sejanus discloses the details of their escape plan to Coriolanus, mentioning how he will incapacitate guards and get weapons.
- Coriolanus pretends to consider Sejanus’s plan while secretly activating a jabberjay to record the conversation.
- The jabberjay’s recording could incriminate them both, so Coriolanus quickly disguises its activity.
- Coriolanus feigns thoughtfulness about Sejanus’s plan, while already deciding against it.
- Coriolanus struggles with what to do with the information he's learned, weighing the potential consequences.
- He decides to let the jabberjay's recording reach Dr. Gaul, who might intervene in Sejanus's plan.
- Coriolanus has a nightmare about Sejanus being killed by snakes and feels guilty about sending the jabberjay.
- He reassures himself that Sejanus's plan will not get him killed and believes his decision was ultimately right.
- News of Sejanus's and Lil's planned escape reaches Mayfair Lipp, who risks exposing them all.
- In a panic, Coriolanus kills Mayfair and Billy Taupe gets killed by Spruce, a rebel involved in the escape plan.
- Sejanus and Lucy Gray are implicated, but there is hope to cover up the truth.
- Lucy Gray ensures an alibi for the Covey and herself by continuing the performance at the Hob.
- Coriolanus and Sejanus return to the barracks, pretending they don't know about the murders.
- Sejanus is shaken, but Coriolanus convinces him to act normal and not reveal anything.
- A false sense of calm takes place as the base digests the news of the murders, attributed to rebel infighting.
- Coriolanus receives bad news about his family's financial and living situation back in the Capitol.
- Sejanus is arrested, and Coriolanus realizes his jabberjay could be the reason why.
- The base is locked down, and Sejanus faces execution, throwing Coriolanus into turmoil.
- Coriolanus confronts his guilt and complicity in Sejanus’s arrest and impending execution.
- The execution ceremony is public, causing an uproar among the citizens who regard the condemned as innocent.
- Lucy Gray is distraught, implying a close connection with Sejanus, and Coriolanus is tormented by his actions.
- As Sejanus is executed, jabberjays echo his last cry for his mother, haunting the crowd and Coriolanus.