video, un: orientalism

[pluspetitpoete]

[There's a boy on the screen who's trying very hard to hold himself together.]

Oh I'm being silly, aren't I? I ought to just go back to Wyverr, properly. I mean, one shouldn't run away from one's problems, should one?

Perhaps I should start again. My friends, Enjolras and Grantaire and I, we'd been sharing one of the rooms here at Nadril. Only they're made for two people, so I've been switching between one bed and the other, since I don't think anyone should sleep on the floor, you see?

And it was fine, even if Grantaire stole the sheets and Enjolras slept like a plank, flat on his back, which doesn't seem very comfortable at all --

Anyway.

In the midst of the clean up effort, Grantaire turned to me, and he didn't know me at all. Not who I was, or that I was his friend, or anything like that.

And it just didn't seem right, to share a home with someone who doesn't remember me. So I've been staying on my own at Nadril. I take the train into one city or the other to help with the clean-up and whatnot.

I should stop complaining, shouldn't I? I'm sure he'll -- he'll be fine. Or he'll have a fine, new life. And it will all be good.

Anyway all this to say, I suppose, if anyone requires my services in either city, I'm happy to come down to you to help with whatever needs helping with?

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[winecasks]

Perhaps you are, but I dare not laugh when you're so far away. Come home, and we will laugh about this together. Your plants will need tending to.

[ And you know that neither Grantaire nor Enjolras can be trusted to tend to them. ]

You have never been troublesome, and you have not been a stranger since we met.

[pluspetitpoete]

Oh dear, the plants! [He was so distraught he didn't even think of them]

I'll come home straight away, of course. For you and Enjolras, because I miss you both terribly. And also the plants, who are probably very dry.

[winecasks]

[ He’s quite proud of himself for that one. Jehan is too soft hearted to leave his plants unattended, and Grantaire is too soft hearted to allow Jehan to freeze alone in Nadril. ]

I can meet you halfway if you like. We'll make the second leg of the journey together.

[ Because he does feel terrible about being the cause of this whole ordeal. Surely making an attempt to do that much is the least he can do. ]

[pluspetitpoete]

That is incredibly kind of you, my dear friend. Of course I'd be more than happy to make the second half of the journey with you.

[winecasks]

Then I will be on my way, and I hope that the trip will be made better for the company.

[ He suspects Enjolras won't notice his absence. That's how things tend to be. ]

You will be glad to know that our home is still standing, of course, though perhaps you knew before. I even found a bottle of wine hidden within. I would be glad to enjoy it with you when we return, and Enjolras as well.