Daniel almost regretted meeting Enjolras; there was something relieving, painfully familiar about meeting another man who had clearly come from Earth, and it didn't help getting ride of that homesickness. And one of them would likely be dead in a few days.

"And he'd be down a hand without Friday," Daniel's fledgling smile started to fade before it really started. "And he didn't have a bunch of other Tributes trying to actively hunt and kill him."

Daniel lead the way, keeping an eye on Enjolras, studying him, watching him look at the locals and buildings. "You have to sit on an entire population if you want the best view." It was like that with a good deal of governments, civilizations, the institutions that held the most power. In some cases, it was sitting on a time bomb waiting to go off. "I get the feeling it's not a topic most people want to go into in detail anyway. It's okay to reap the rewards, but it's better not to ask where it came from or what it cost."