[That IS part of it. Enjolras's arrival and Grantaire's departure were not ideal, certainly, and they are a part of that. There is also the fact that he's confronted so much about what he knew and believed and acted upon at the barricades, a process through which his friends were more than hurt, and the combination is intense. There is also the fact he has given Marius a chance lately and found the younger man not as intolerable that...well, it took something major for him to open his eyes on all of these fronts.]

As I knew how to be. That IS the problem. I do mean to get better at it now I have the time. It only seems right I put some of my own words into action. Would you like anything? Coffee?