She shrugs a little, takes another sip of her drink. "It's what he grew up with. You and I are used to how things are here, but I imagine it's a lot to take in when you're used to something different. I've been to Eight, and it's not colorful and bright, like here -- I bet it's overwhelming. But the people work hard, and they're nice, and we owe them for all they do for us. Everything on your body came from Eight, Jason."

Swann is a Capitolite, but she does have a soft spot for Eight, if only because she's spent time in those factories and with the designers. Eight brought her the start of her fame, and so she feels inclined to take care of them, enough so that she's willing to speak up about it.

After her first visit, she always used to bring them gifts. Cookies and toys for the children in the textile mills, the little ones who worked there after school.

But she nods. "I want another District to win. It was good for Twelve to win. I'm not sure they've had a winner since Katniss and Peeta."