[Guy's used to having his intelligence downplayed by now. Even the expose the Capitol had done, that played him up as someone dreaming of human progress, had emphasized how simple and "primitive" he'd been.]

[Having someone play them up, especially someone smart enough to make prosthetic robot limbs clearly means something to him.]

I guess so.

Thank you? Back home, I'm considered pretty smart, because of the things I've figured out how to make. I've invented lots of things?

But in the world I was in before here, sometimes people acted like I wasn't that smart, sooo...

It's kind of nice to hear that. I know things like shoes and camouflage and snare traps aren't that advanced by some worlds' standards but we're starting a bit farther behind.