"Some of 'em have," Wyatt said. "But the problem is, even when they do, there ain't much they can do 'bout it either."

Moving down along the table, lest they get boxed in by hungry party-goers, he nodded toward the Victor's court. The area set apart from the rest where Mindy and her closest would sit, where a gaggle of faceless Peacekeepers kept guard over Snow and the other men and women of power.

"Panem ain't so different from any other place. Those in control ain't never particularly keen on givin' it up."