He nodded along, grateful for the extend of her answer. It was careful to avoid too much criticism of the Capitol, clearly, but it was not poorly-considered or dismissive. Rather, Effie seemed quite judicious in her assessment. It was a similar conclusion to the one had had been drawing. The people were not to blame, it was the system itself.

"I think I understand. Perhaps if they were educated differently there would not be so stark a disparity." Combeferre had been correct in that regard. Enjolras still supposed that here, as in Paris, education alone was not sufficient to generate substantial social change, but it was a start. Or, perhaps, a continuation. He bit his lip, thinking carefully on how best to reply. Criticisms were nothing if they did not offer a solution.

"I do not think your people cruel, Madame Trinket. I did for a long while, but I think instead it is as you say, they simply do not understand their actions. I wish that there were a way to make them see."