His eyes sharpen a little, when he hears District Nine. That’s Steve’s district. Sam wouldn’t want Steve anywhere near someone like that, and that’s supposed to be his mentor? Shit, Sam is definitely going to have to talk to him, see what he thinks of her.

All he says out loud, though, is, “I’ll remember that. And yeah, I can guess. Someone making a target of themselves like that never seems to work out all that well, here.”

It’s another reason why he’s doing this, pretending to play their game.