accepted to ataraxion ; novel canon C:

[tables]

There have been many ideas in the history of man, but this is one of the poorest I have ever encountered.

[Marius frowns to himself.]

I am not a prisoner to a host that I have never met, nor will I be treated like an animal. We have fought to rise above such oppression. Past that --

[Pause.]

What will become of Cosette?

Comments

[ex_gutters95]

You were cut down even with them.

[tables]

My comrades died fighting for what they believed in.

[Even if Marius cannot say whether or not that matters, it mattered to them.]

Their deaths will be a scar upon the face of Paris for as long as she lives. Your law may have prevailed, Inspector, but their blood won't be so easily forgotten.

[ex_gutters95]

Blood rarely is.

I, too, fight for what I believe in. A man can fight either against society, or for it.

[tables]

I fight for the right for people to be free.

[His eyes narrow slightly.]

I can believe in France and still fight for my ideals.

[ex_gutters95]

Your fighting is what tears France apart. We must have order!