"I think that would depend on how you presented it to your escort and what the Capitol's opinion on the two of you is, exactly," Tim shot back. "If you blaze ahead and do it, with no explanation or apology, then no, it won't go over well. It's all in how you frame it. You're from the same world. You know each other well. He's your partner. You feel comfortable with him, and we both know that comfortable means safe."

This wasn't hard to figure out. Everyone with a decent amount of intelligence who lived in the 21st century or beyond should know what spin was and how to do it - manipulation in a media-fueled world wasn't knew. "Give them something that shows that it's where you're meant to be."