Enjolras (
pro_patria_mortuus) wrote2015-08-15 08:18 pm
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Enjolras is not, on the whole, a man with a great deal of appreciation for the beautiful outdoors. He's a city boy, and a man whose interest is mostly occupied by people, and abstract concepts concerning people.
But Milliways is a very enclosed place, and a very boring place, and there's no city to go walking in here. And Enjolras is also a fairly athletic man, who would prefer a lot more exercise than one easily finds around this place.
All of which is to say: he's out for a walk. At the moment, he's just stopped by the stables.
But Milliways is a very enclosed place, and a very boring place, and there's no city to go walking in here. And Enjolras is also a fairly athletic man, who would prefer a lot more exercise than one easily finds around this place.
All of which is to say: he's out for a walk. At the moment, he's just stopped by the stables.
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He nods. "Then let us end here."
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"Any time thou'dst like another lesson, thou hast only to ask. I'd be glad to. And glad to learn from thee thine own techniques, if thou'dst teach."
Okay, he doesn't really expect to be needing skills of armor and longsword any time soon, or possibly ever. But, well -- it's something to do, and it never hurts to broaden one's skillset. And unlike the devastating weaponry of the future, the very fact that it's outdated and unlikely to be of immediate use is sort of appealing; it's something to learn to a pragmatic end, but that end is more keeping in good trim and also talking to Harry Percy about republican philosophy than learning how best to kill people of the future.
"Thou'rt quick to learn this -- I know thou knowst it, but it's so."
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"I was brought up to't," he says with a shrug. Not to singlestick itself, of course-- but he assumes Enjolras will know what he means.
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"If thou wishest, Bahorel can join us sometime. He'd be glad to learn from thee too, I'm sure, and thou couldst see a fight done at speed. His style's a little different, just by build." As it would be, of course; it's basic martial logic that Enjolras and Bahorel would fight differently, despite being near enough in height.
He's very sure Bahorel would be glad to learn from Harry. Yes, okay, they've had a fistfight at least once, but Bahorel never lets that get in the way of a friendship -- and the chance to learn swordfighting from a genuine medieval knight? Even Enjolras, frequently bemused by the preoccupations of his more artistic friends, is aware enough of Romantic trends to be pretty sure Bahorel would leap at that chance even without his current level of boredom.
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He doesn't mean 'thine' in the sense of Enjolras as leader, though it may sound that way.
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"They're the best of men," he says, utterly in earnest, and probably faintly glowing with the force of his sincerity. "It's a privilege to know every one of them."
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After a moment to find a good reply: "We've been proud to strive in brotherhood for the greatest of causes."
What's even better than talking about his friends? Talking about the republic!
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Enjolras snorts slightly. "Javert and I disagree on a great deal."
Understatement!
(Things Javert and Enjolras disagree on include not only his friends but also the value of friendship, political convictions, the value of having political convictions, basic morality, treatment of other humans, and whether Javert ought to be alive and breathing.)
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"Why, do you indeed!" he cries in mock-surprise. "O, he is a foul worm, I would I had not spoken his name."
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"He is."
He's opening the door into the hallway now, carrying his coat and waistcoat rather than putting them back on. Going out in shirtsleeves is going out half-dressed, but upstairs at his hotel (however peculiar it is) is a grey area, half public space and half private, and anyway coming straight from a workout is like doing physical work; certain proprieties can be relaxed. He won't go downstairs without being properly clad, though.
"But we can speak of other matters -- or part company, if thou hast other business to be about."
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"No business, I," he says. "And if it stands the same with thee, I am ever glad to speak on any matter thou wilt."
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"Then I'll change my shirt and meet thee downstairs to dine...?"
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(And for all that he finds it confusing and slightly frustrating, he finds he can't resist the still-novel and pleasant experience of someone who will actually willingly listen to him talk. Perhaps with time-- and more conversations with Enjolras and Feuilly-- he'll get used to it, but... he hasn't yet.)
"I shall meet thee there."