He'd have a different impression if he'd seen it from the other side, Emily thinks bleakly. But then, Quintus was still a Districter himself. It's a detail she often forgets, with how much he's come to represent the authority of the Capitol to her.

"What about when you were growing up, in Two? Weren't the Peacekeepers seen as oppressive to the citizens, just the same?"

How could you become that oppressor, she wonders, if it's indeed the same as Seven and the horror stories she's heard about the other lower Districts.