Offense is a strange thing in the Capitol, and whether someone might feel it by association is difficult to predict. Linden tends to err on the side of what qualifies as caution for him, which... might make a difference, as long as it could be worse.

"She does have that air of mystery down," Linden admits. "But Clementine... admittedly, a lot of people have a soft spot for her. She doesn't have to be a killer to win, not when so many are willing to die to protect her or fling sponsorships her way. If anything, I think the older Tributes have made it less acceptable for the very young to be killed..."

He doesn't comment on Clem not being able to grow up. That's been true of most Tributes already for decades, and though it's certainly a strange variation, Linden refuses to see it as very fundamentally different.