I admit that at home, before, it never seemed to be so much an option for myself. The loss of control too much brings. I have never been so much for that.

But here, we live in a sort of chaos, do we not? The idea of control is...so far gone already. Perhaps I shall do so sometime.

[There is a little sigh as he glances at Eponine.]

Does the burn take it away...the...pain I mean?