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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Then we did do it! [ YEAH. Fist in the air, Gavroche looks like he's about to bounce out of his seat. ] Maybe lotsa other people did the same thing to their King, too! 'Cause of us.

I imagine so. Having a king is not how man was meant to live. Surely we are not the only people to realize that.

Just gotta get more people to realize it. Some people here come from prettier worlds than France an' her government, I noticed.

That...that is not saying much, Gavroche. France is unparalleled in natural beauty, of course but her government leaves much to be desired.

Yeah, there's worlds like that! I wanna see 'em. I mean--I wish I could, huh? Places with perfect leaders.

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As do I, though I would not want to be taken there unwillingly.

What if we try to go? Offa this turtle, I mean.

[He hums thoughtfully]

I am not certain we can. There appears to be something preventing us from going too far off shore.

Yeah, but back to other people's worlds! You could come, too. An' write sappy poetry about all the places you go, huh?

[He smiles]

My poetry is anything but "sappy", gamin.

I ain't never heard much of yours, but all poetry is sappy.

Oh, I should read you some of Dante or Aeschylus then, once I manage to find a copy of Dante. It is decidedly not "sappy".

I can read. [ Maybe a little out of left-field, if slightly, but he's proud. ] So you wouldn't hafta read it for me. But... [ You know. He wouldn't mind. ]

Oh, it would not be in French so unless you can read Italian, Latin, or Greek I would have to.

I dunno any of 'em I just--wait, you do?! Is that all you did? Learn different languages n' stuff?

Well. it was not all I did, but...yes. A work is best enjoyed in the author's native language, and in order to properly enjoy the poets I admired I needed to learn Italian, Greek, Hebrew, and Latin.

So you can translate, but I won't get it fully?

Oh, no. I've read them so many times that I am more than able to translate them so you can properly enjoy it.

[And understand it. He's not entirely sure how many concepts in the poetry would go over Gavroche's head]

But it won't be a real translation, it would be you telling me the story. Right? [ Squint. ] How does this work?

[The gamin is a lot smarter than you'd think, apparently. Clever kid.]

It would be as true a translation as I could make it. The words and phrases would be copied over into French so you could read the poem. You're very young [and wouldn't have been taught other languages anyway] and so you would have to have a translation regardless of if we were in Paris or in Keelai.

Well, I wouldn't need to translate it if you taught me how to speak the language, huh?

That would take several years, gamin.

I can learn quicker then several years, c'mon. I learned how to read really quick. You should show me!

[He laughs a little]

I will begin to teach you if you truly wish to learn.

[Because they're dead and if Feuilly can learn to read and write and become involved in politics while alive, surely Gavroche can begin to learn how to read Italian or something while they're dead]

If I didn't really want to do it, why would I tell you to teach me?

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