It's not that Cyrus doesn't care about people's lives. The problem is more that Tributes and people are classifications that overlap in his head-- but the Venn diagram of the two groups is decidedly not a circle.

He shrugs. "And? It's her job to die." Still in that half-joking tone, and he shifts in his seat, the better to mirror Stephen's lean in. "It's not your job to take the fall every time a Tribute decides consequences don't apply to them."

They're having a good evening, and he's not going to bring up Stephen's cuff, and the headache that was the weeks surrounding that entire incident - but the thought is not far from his mind.