That is, in fact, not what he wanted! And even after having heard this retelling numerous times, he's not yet resigned enough to not grimace at Bahorel.
The sword gets dropped onto the couch, scabbard and belt and all. Ugh, annoyingly aristocratic trapping around a useful weapon of unfortunate necessity, you can just stay there for a while.
"They don't like light," Enjolras says, peeved. This has a distinct air of a response he's had to give many times.
(In other words: yes it totally did, but do we really have to phrase it like that?)
"And it wasn't an army. Not all in one place like you're making it sound, Bahorel. He had one, yes, Prouvaire -- he was a villain; well, he was a king -- but we never faced more than a small company at the most. Those villagers deserve far more credit for their steadfast resistance to all his attempts to control them. We only helped a little at the end."
This is absolutely true, and Bahorel won't disagree either, he knows. But is it also a pointed shift of focus? Yyyyyeah it might be.
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Date: 2016-11-19 11:57 pm (UTC)From:The sword gets dropped onto the couch, scabbard and belt and all. Ugh, annoyingly aristocratic trapping around a useful weapon of unfortunate necessity, you can just stay there for a while.
"They don't like light," Enjolras says, peeved. This has a distinct air of a response he's had to give many times.
(In other words: yes it totally did, but do we really have to phrase it like that?)
"And it wasn't an army. Not all in one place like you're making it sound, Bahorel. He had one, yes, Prouvaire -- he was a villain; well, he was a king -- but we never faced more than a small company at the most. Those villagers deserve far more credit for their steadfast resistance to all his attempts to control them. We only helped a little at the end."
This is absolutely true, and Bahorel won't disagree either, he knows. But is it also a pointed shift of focus? Yyyyyeah it might be.