This earnestness, too, is very genuine, and accompanied by another light press to Feuilly's shoulder.
"You've always lived up to your ideals consistently. To like a man new-come, who begins with tentative listening, that's very different from someone who seeks out other lands to conquer. Even then, there would be no shame in finding common ground, enough for dialogue, a bridge to the beginning of education and views exchanged, if that were how you felt."
Enjolras has never been much good at the sort of social friendship that doesn't demand intellectual common ground, but plenty of their friends find satisfaction in it.
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This earnestness, too, is very genuine, and accompanied by another light press to Feuilly's shoulder.
"You've always lived up to your ideals consistently. To like a man new-come, who begins with tentative listening, that's very different from someone who seeks out other lands to conquer. Even then, there would be no shame in finding common ground, enough for dialogue, a bridge to the beginning of education and views exchanged, if that were how you felt."
Enjolras has never been much good at the sort of social friendship that doesn't demand intellectual common ground, but plenty of their friends find satisfaction in it.