tushanshu | 1ère mélodie | video | On est laid à Nanterre, c'est la faute à Voltaire.

[ Hey! Other people on the turtle! The screen blinks on and there's a ratty blonde boy. Familiar, no doubt--he's never at one place for too long, and he's constantly running around the city. It's likely you've seen him on the street. ]

S'Gavroche! Gotta question for yas. [ What a nice way to greet people. This had been on his mind, though. Since Cosette mentioned it, and even moreso due to the events on Atam. There's a few bruises and scrapes on his face, but his nose is looking a little purple, swelling. Possibly broken. He seems undeterred at this--or the fact that he's absolutely filthy. Actually, there's pretty much nothing in the house he logged in to the network on--he doesn't really use it at all. ]

Little inquiry, huh? Lil' bit. [ He rolls his shoulders, and for the first time he looks a little anxious. ] Y'know your worlds, yeah? I wanna talk to someone what lives in Earth, an' knows Paris. Gotta bit-- [ Okay, now you're repeating yourself, Gavroche. Try not to look so nervous! You're proud of who you are and what you did.

So, cautiously, the Gamin flashes a smile. ]

The--uh. Around June 6, there was a rebellion, yeah? 'Gainst the King. [ Absentmindedly, he touches his little rosette pin with the colours of the French flag. ]

We--they--overthrew 'im, right? An' did it follow through? Y'got a King in France?

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What language are you speaking? The translation is a little... strange.

[Since Bean has offered to translate the Network posts for Gavroche and teach Kara English, he decides to intervene.]

Gavroche is from France, and speaks using a lot of French slang.

And that's why it translates so strangely? [ The slang on Krypton isn't nearly so thick. ]

That's my best guess. Your style of speaking carries through, so if Gavroche were to speak like a well-educated person, it would translate with full words and proper sentences instead of contractions and slang.

[ Man that is so cool. ]

I wish I knew how it worked.

So do I. [Bean likes to know how everything works.]

Thanks, brat! [ He's actually delighted that you explained it to him. 'brat' is a term of endearment to the gamin, after all. ]

INNIT COOL?! [ Woah, shouting, hang on. He's just SUPER PROUD of Bean, okay? ]

Yeah, yeah, I'm speakin' argot, but alla you folks are speakin' normal French. To these-- [ He tugs on his ears. ]

Bean's good at 'splainin', in-he?

[ Hold on give her a minute she has to translate. ]

Splainin?

'Splainin'! Like... [ How did Jehan put it? ] Explaining.

Oh. Yes, I guess he did splain it pretty well.

[ She trying ;w; ]

Yeah, see! Soon, you'll be talkin' like a regular gamin, y'will! Don't need nunna them fancy words, huh?

Right. Um. What's a gamin?

Like me. [ And to prove a point, he jerks his thumb towards himself ] Callin' us gamin, yeah, people think it's bad but I think it's summin' I'm proud of. We ain't nuffin, and we're little, an' lotsa people don't take us seriously 'cause we're little pups, huh? But then we can surprise 'em that way.

So like... small children?

Uh-huh. All of us who're let loose, huh? We just live in the streets of Paris an' rule it!

You mean you're homeless? Homeless children? [ Krypton isn't immune from poverty, but it still upsets her to think of children on their own living in the streets. ]

I gotta home here, an' back home I lived in the elephant, huh? So I had ah ome. I just chose it!

What's an elephant? [ She would only be more confused if she knew. ]

how d'you not know what an elephant is? [ And yeah, Gavroche is laughing at you, Kara. ]

[ She makes a face. It's not nice to laugh at people. ]

I was only on Earth for two weeks. I've never heard of an elephant.

[ wait, wait-- ] you're not from Earth? So you're an angel?

What? What's an angel? [ Not the important detail here Kara ] No, I'm from a planet called Krypton, very far away from Earth. [ But she is blonde and she does fly, so she may have trouble convincing him she's not an angel. ]

angels ain't from earth, either. They're from up. You guys call it Krypton?

Well, yes. [ She is now assuming angel = alien. ] I'm from the city of Argo.

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