Luckily, Jolie is only marginally fueled by the enjoyment of other people when it comes to jokes. It isn't always presented as something funny that people should laugh at, it's just a manner of speaking that has navigated her through many Capitol parties.

"They don't teach 'em right, I'm telling you. They barely gave us a handbook of frequently asked questions and then they're throwing these offworlders at us and neither of us know where to begin. It's like the guy with the toaster, right? He doesn't get it, so he just keeps jamming the knife in until something happens. Doesn't help that half of them are mentally deficient." She holds up her hands and shakes her head as if she is so unbelievably done with the Tributes. As if she hasn't somehow narrowly escaped punishment from being involved with Lonestar.

"A pretty face goes a loooong way, I know. You can market ugly as something new and different, but you have to work those angles way harder. Most of mine are alright, though. We're starting to get so many burly guys you'd think we were the lumber district and not fabric, though." She twists her mouth in confusion. "Sometimes I wonder if they sort them by criteria or just stamp them and send them into any open slot."