The smile was tenuous at best. It faded fast. Daniel was silent for a moment, studying her and unable to hide the faint disguiet or disgust. Even if she was being sarcastic, that wasn't funny. Not at all. People had spent their last moments, terrified or driven to kill. IN some cases, some Tributes had gotten off on it. "I don't care if you're joking, but you should know better than anyone that the Arena brings out the worst in everyone. And not just those within its confines."

It wasn't hard to miss the faint lines of stitches. It looked like Eva had either fallen into her share of trouble or gone looking for it.

"Not really. It's kind of the last thing on my mind."