"Oh, trust me," Zelos chuckled, though how sincere it was was anyone's guess. The more he listened, the more he understood just what was going on here. Anyone's first instinct to a death match for purely entertainment would've been 'that's insane', but throw in some other incentives and factors, and you had yourself what basically amounted to a state of living.

"Give people something to fight for and someone to fight against, and they forget who the real enemy is. I've seen it happen." Even as the words left his mouth, he started to regret saying them. It really was the other tributes he had to worry about, but who was to say this guy didn't have friends? Better to play it off.

"Eh, but you probably know more about this place than I do. How long'd it take you to get up here, Sir Victor?"