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[Enjolras stares out at the camera, his expression set and his eyes hard. It would be clear, likely, to those who know him, that he is not handling the Empresses's (yeah, he'd disrespect you equally if you were a emperor; he just can't get behind the gendered terms in his mind)announcement well. In truth, he wants to go out and break something or set it on fire, or some other urge he has ever repressed, and will continue to do so. To think of THAT coming home, to the people. No.

Full understanding's dawned now, and that understanding is horrifying, dizzying, and there is but one way that Enjolras can think to even begin dealing with it. When he speaks, his voice is grave, the tones used on the barricade, though modulated for this moment at least.]

And so we learn the way of it at last.

Might we all speak together soon? I...am in need of all of you and what actions that we may plan to take.

[And, in a rare display of actual anger, saved up perhaps, from Gavroche, along with other things, brought to light by the threat to Patria, he's slamming a fist down, HARD, upon his desk, enough that he sees a crack left behind, though that does not really help. The last time anyone has seen him give in to something like this would be July of 1830, but he's done it as it is.]

We fight for France, and the people again. There is no question of it. But in the matter of how, I am outclassed. Might the rest of you have some thoughts? Please begin considering them until the group of us may meet.

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[Marius does look almost relieved at Enjolras's response to the suggestion, and he breathes a small sigh of relief at that.] Charter magic may provide some form of protection to you and the others, at the very least.

[There's a minuscule, almost imperceptible shrug after that, as he stares at his clasped hands. He rubs his thumbs against each other, almost without thought. He is not very sure he will not die this time around, should he fight, but perhaps he can assist in some other way, as Enjolras said, although he cannot simply wrap his head around the fact that he could be even a little bit useful outside the battlefield.

What would his father do, in this instance? Would he risk his life, even when his eternity lie somewhere else, somewhere worlds away from here? Even if there is a possibility he can never return to the person he loves with an intensity he never thought he had within him?

After a few moments, he finally gives Enjolras a small nod.] I will think about it, Enjolras. Thank you for considering to include me.

[And Marius is getting a solemn nod from Enjolras there.]

Protection of any sort is welcome just now, I would think. I would not lose any of you again if there is any way around it. There may not be certainties but any advantage is worth pursuing. I will keep an eye out for your teacher then.

[And the means of protection, even if it is just a suggestion, being offered here is at least providing Enjolras with something. One of his greatest failures on the barricade, that he still carries with him, is his failure to extract those whom he wished to save. If this charter magic, whatever it consists of, can grant Enjolras a means of improving on that, then he would welcome it.

And...with Marius here, offering this chance, he ought to say something to him, to try to mend fences a bit, when they've been badly damaged. It had hurt, it had hurt a LOT that Marius had reacted as he did, though it was to be expected, and there's still some guilt in Enjolras's mind over the fact he had been using Marius most of the summer and... damn it, but this is hard. And it makes it hard to find a response to Marius now.]

Of course I would include you. No matter the personal straits, you are still one of us, and still a friend.

[Well this has been sufficiently awkward.

Marius fidgets visibly once more, because the problem with a straight-laced environment bringing up an honest boy who simply making his best attempts to be an upstanding human being, is that there are so many things he has yet to be acquainted with, much less reflect on. As it is, he still genuinely believes he is in the right, and that Enjolras and Combeferre are engaged in something unacceptable.

But perhaps he might reconsider his beliefs, in time. God knows he already is right this very moment.]

I-In that case, again you have my thanks.

[He does manage a tiny, albeit trembling, smile, so there is that at least. Not knowing what else to say, he waits for Enjolras to either add something to it or dismiss him.]

[And for Enjolras, who didn't even consider sexual relations as something on the radar up until very recently, the idea that anyone polices that sort of thing outside of the church, which he rejected long before that, is nothing short of madness, so...he's not actually considered the other side of things before. Societal awareness? Well, not of matters pertaining to that, perhaps. That certainly does add to the awkwardness of the moment, let me tell you turtlenet and all.

Marius is clearly uncomfortable though, and that, well, it cannot really stand, can it, if they wish to work together on this? Enjolras finds himself sighing a little, as Marius gives him that smile, and gives him an awkward little nod, then clears his throat.]

And of those personal matters, I think perhaps it would be best if we...declared something of a truce between us and agree not to speak of them for the near future?

[He owes Marius an apology, perhaps, but that is difficult to say just now.]

We are still ourselves, Etienne and I...in spite of what you may have come to think and I...would not suddenly turn into someone that you would hate simply because we disagree on one matter, Marius. If that were the case, then your Buonoparte would have divided us long ago. Perhaps we can....pretend that conversation did not happen?

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[The look that Marius gives Enjolras in return is not unlike that of a guilty puppy well-aware of his untoward rudeness, no matter how unintentional and regardless of his personal reservations, in terms of his reaction to Enjolras's disclosure. In retrospect, perhaps it would not have come to this, if he had held his tongue.

So he nods, deciding not to comment or ponder on it further.]

If that is what you wish.

[But only a beat passes before he hastily adds, with an almost tangible sincerity,]

I dare not even imagine hating you, Enjolras, or Combeferre.

[But for his part, Enjolras knows as well that he should not have flown into such a snit about it at the time. It is not as though Marius's reaction is so uncommon for one raised within the church who did not break away as Enjolras did, when the truth was not to be found in it for him. He would blame the hormones coursing through his body, which were present even though his mind left him still himself. Well, and the hurt, but...he reacted badly, and instantly, and for now,tries for a small smile.]

I think it best perhaps. I...do not wish to hate you either, Marius. or to think that you hate me so much as are uncomfortable with something that you do not know much about, so that is well. I...overreacted and I owe you an apology for that as well. And I have missed you.

...Shall we start again?

[Oh no much Enjolras very manfeelings wow what does he do how does he handle??

By blushing furiously and averting his eyes to one side, which is the natural reaction of a Pontmercy towards any situation wherein he is uncertain how to react.

After a moment's pause, though, he does raise his eyes back to Enjolras and smiles timidly in response, because despite his utter inability to respond in a less awkward manner, he does appreciate the thought more than he can ever put into words.]

As have I.

[And then there's a tiny nod.] That would... That would be desirable.

[Not that Enjolras knows entirely what he is DOING, Marius. He probably would not notice if you did not know how to handle it. As it is, he assumes that Marius's difficulty now is due to the, well disproportionate reaction Enjolras had.

His face shifts to a tentative smile as well, at Marius's, and he's nodding.]

I...good then. I have come to value your ideas here, Marius, even if we do not agree on...well, near anything, and you yourself as well. I would have hated to lose that.

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