"Oh, gosh, he won... nearly twenty years ago, I think? He had a very low score as well, but he just sort of made it through. I think his Arena was the one with the giant temple in the middle, remember that? He has lots of tattoos now, all over him, and a very low voice from getting hit in the throat."

She remembers his Arena mostly because her mother happened to be home that year, and they sometimes sat together in the same room to watch while the Games were on.

"Your Tributes aren't that weak, don't worry so much about them being tough," she reassures him. "Don't you even have a 12 in there? They just need someone to teach them to survive."