Enjolras presses Prouvaire's arm with his free hand, briefly, and for a few moments silence falls between them.

"I do see your logic. And maybe you're right."

He means that. Prouvaire is wise, insightful, clear-eyed. It's entirely possible that his heart is wiser than Enjolras's on this subject.

"But... I find it difficult to think of Milliways as a living world, a place that could be a home to people."