A few hours later, I'm wearing some light blue robe of a government official. Charlena and I take the repulsorlift down to the bottom of the Remake Center. I meet Padme, who is wearing a light blue identical dress, by our airspeeder. Charlena and Padme's stylist, Athan, position us perfectly in the air speeder.
Charlena tells us to hold hands. We join hands and Cecilia gives us a thumbs-up. The music starts up and our air speeder flies out into the City Center. We're first since we live on Coruscant. We smile and wave. We stop in the City Circle where Chancellor Palpatine gives the welcome speech from a balcony. "Welcome! Welcome, tributes. We salute your courage and you sacrifice. We wish you Happy Hunger Games and may the odds be in your favor." We head into the Training Center, where the tributes stay until the Games begin.