At that last, Benevenuta's small chuckle is warm, not mocking, as is her smile - she touches Katniss' arm with an easy familiarity bred of their dancing, companionable. "It is a worthy thought. I am a member of that Council - perhaps I might put it to my colleagues."

A moment later, thoughtful, "I should be surprised were Lady LeBlanc not already so occupied. She is a healer - as I am not - and her heart is as large as her mind practical."

Though she speaks of her as a colleague, the tone she uses calls her friend, absently affectionate.