Joel shakes his head. Sure that upsets him, but what worries him more is that they have the power to do it. That's what has him on edge. That they can provide authentic footage from 19th century France, when there was no such technology? Or from his own world, where very few places have electricity and almost no one manufactures batteries anymore?

"You really got no goddamn idea, do you?" he mutters, shaking his head. "If you think this is all just a popularity contest..." Well, he doesn't feel comfortable saying anything more. Not here, where their every word is likely to be broadcast on national TV. If she thinks the Capitol would let him just "fuck off to wherever", though, she really is dumber than she looks.