"What? You gonna live to be a hundred? Please." It probably shouldn't be a ridiculous concept. Plenty of Capitolites have a long life span due to medical investments and an easy life. Tributes and Districters don't live long, that's fact. Jolie isn't sure how being an alien factors into that, but it's less important.
"About 74, like you said. It's hard to keep track now, it's overwhelming." She nods along, taking a sip of her drink before she continues. "Before you guys it was two randomly selected people from each district." She counts two on her fingers, just to make a point. "Then you'd get a week to fix them up, dress them, train them and get them sponsors before they'd go off to Arenas- always outdoors, by the way. After that, the rest of the year was for the Victor. Crowning, parties and then District Tours. We don't do a lot of that anymore. It's all quantity over quality."
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"About 74, like you said. It's hard to keep track now, it's overwhelming." She nods along, taking a sip of her drink before she continues. "Before you guys it was two randomly selected people from each district." She counts two on her fingers, just to make a point. "Then you'd get a week to fix them up, dress them, train them and get them sponsors before they'd go off to Arenas- always outdoors, by the way. After that, the rest of the year was for the Victor. Crowning, parties and then District Tours. We don't do a lot of that anymore. It's all quantity over quality."