"Now you've made me picture you both as little kids, runnin' around in your best," Gus chuckled as he took a sip from his drink, "I'll definitely put in some money in District 7 if Jason's word is that reliable that he'd remember a childhood promise." That and he knows it would make Swann even more relaxed and willing to take a break.

The friendliness of the old families to the new was a fact that Sinclair never forgot, hence their business deals to District 8. The Honeymeads were a name that you sat up straighter, dressed better and held in a regard higher than your own morals if you had to.

"You an' Ilar are cut from the same cloth, I hafta say. Workin' yourselves to the bone and doin' your damnedest you win. At this rate, Snow's the only one who'll get him to slow down."

And that was even less likely.