"Hugo's spawned a veritable army of Athenas, then-- or something maybe stranger." Bahorel rolls over enough to tap a finger against the book's pages. "I had you read that so you'll understand-- the people he names, it's close. I know, just as far as I lived it, and a few other details you'll spot right away, that it's not entirely accurate to the lives we knew. But it's close. And I'm willing to bet it's close for everyone else in there too."
Which makes for complications. "And several of them come to Milliways. The spy Javert, who you had such a charming encounter with last night. Valjean--who goes by Fauchelevent, now-- who came to help the barricade after you and I were dead. Fauchelevent's daughter, Pontmercy's fiancee-- maybe his wife, by now. Their lives are there, too."
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Date: 2015-05-11 03:53 am (UTC)From:Which makes for complications. "And several of them come to Milliways. The spy Javert, who you had such a charming encounter with last night. Valjean--who goes by Fauchelevent, now-- who came to help the barricade after you and I were dead. Fauchelevent's daughter, Pontmercy's fiancee-- maybe his wife, by now. Their lives are there, too."