"A disease tha' decimated my homeworld bigtime, or at least my home nation," the way Ellis talked about it, it wasn't the near zombie apocalypse and instead more like an outbreak of the common cold. The man had an unflappable sense of optimism and cheer that not even Panem has been able to destroy, though it has worn him down into raw flesh.

"The virus don't affect ev'ryone the same way...it changes some into, well you were gonna meet one." He wondered for a second if the Capitol had the actual Green Flu around their stores and how horrible that could be.