He levels her with a long gaze and no small amount of irritation, not so much directed at her, but instead at the fact that he keeps on getting smacked with things like this, right in the face, attitudes that he's given up on ever since the previous island. Everything still seems geared on trying to make him take what little amount of faith he's built up back. Finding Anthony Cooper on the other island with no hint of remorse in his eyes. Michael Dawson being idiotic enough to kill two people and give up another four, just out of his insane need to get his son back.

But he's refusing himself to let things slide back to the way they were before, so he reaches out instead and smacks Katniss lightly on the back of the head.

"Well no wonder he started yellin' at you, with you talkin' like that," he presses his lips together. "How can you live on a friggin' hippie island and not have at least some of your faith restored in people right here? Ain't anyone here even steals from anyone else."