"Don't jinx it," she says quietly. "We shouldn't talk about it."

Unlike Joly and Courfeyrac, Venus is hyper-aware of the cameras. She knows that the more they talk about being happy with something, the more they're tempting the Gamemakers to change things as a twist.

"So." She raises an eyebrow and sits up, starting to clean out the injury herself where it would probably be uncomfortable for Joly to do so. "Have Marius and Cosette hijacked the tent into a lovenest yet?"