Grantaire, put the bottle down

[brandybreath]

[the token drunkard of Les Amis de l'ABC is, well, drunk. And very confused]

So.... Where am I?

Comments

[brandybreath]

[Grantaire throws his arms up in a frustrated gesture]

You cannot. You and I are not the same caliber of man. How could I make you understand? Whatever slight you perceive, you are forgiven a thousand times over.

[antinouswild]

But it's not true. I was a vessel. Perhaps it was that I tried to convey more than I was capable. I do not know. I only know that I died for a cause, and you died for someone you love. Perhaps you are right. Perhaps you are a better man that I after all.

[brandybreath]

[Grantaire opens his mouth to speak but, failing this, closes it again. He tries this a few times, completely at a loss.]

You're wrong. There is no better man than you. You will not convince me otherwise. You can be stubborn; as can I.

[antinouswild]

We can go around forever because again I say I do not understand. You declare love for me, yet not for what I died for. And then you die for me. How am I to comprehend that?

[brandybreath]

You and I have never understood each other in all our time of acquaintance. It's not shocking that we still cannot, even with plain and honest words between us. Can we not simply accept that such a thing is true without the need for "why"? It happened for you. Is that not proof enough that it is? Your cause was necessary, even if I do not believe in it.

[antinouswild]

[Enjolras looks down at the floor and shakes his head. He looks almost amused.]

I could answer that, but it would just be more of the same.

There are a good many thing I don't understand, more so in this place, this will just be one of them.

The only thing left to say is that... in that moment... in that last moment...

I was glad that you were there.

[brandybreath]

[Grantaire frowns and also looks down, studying a spot on the floor.]

Thank you for permitting it. I'm glad I was, too.

[antinouswild]

My permission was the only thing I had to give. And a poor pittance indeed next to what you offered.

[brandybreath]

It may seem a pittance to you, but it was all I could have ever hoped for. You do me a great honor by it.

[antinouswild]

More things that I don't understand. [But he just shakes his head again.]

I was prepared, you know. I did not expect to ever leave that place.