Is 100% the prequel. The Ballad of Songbird and Snake has so many good characters. Lucy Grey is a queen, Dr. Gaul is a psychopath, and Coriolanus got an astounding amount of people dead by 19.
@bernard_ sanders Also, side note, he died from Rabies. The water bottles were to keep him away from Lucy Gray.
I believe it was Coral who drank poisoned water