"Well, I can't say which'd be better..." That was up to her. He couldn't know her pain and he wouldn't pretend to, though he did want to say that he was always grateful for another anti-Capitol person.

"It's weird to think about it, though. I dunno if I woulda' liked it... But a while back, it probably woulda' been better here than where I was. At least the way I woulda' seen it."

Firo back then didn't care too much about people. He hadn't found his place and, cheesy as it sounded, hadn't opened himself to loving or being loved. He couldn't see an end to most human interactions that wasn't violent, so going out and hurting other people wouldn't' have troubled him all that much.

He swirled his glass around and tried to smile. "...But all that matters is that they're not foolin' you now."