Airlift - that must be like a hovercraft. Peeta's lips purse a little, his mouth flattening. "I was airlifted, and then they operated."

He stares at the leg for a long time, and shakes his head as if to clear it. "They said it was the only way to save my life. That it was beyond fixing. But that was after I woke up, so I don't know..." He doesn't know if that's true. Capitol medicine is amazing, and their doctors can do things like transform people into whatever they want, so it always made Peeta bristle at the idea that they couldn't do more. He doesn't say anything to Katniss.

Katniss feels guilty enough.