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[bondsprofoundly]

Anyone who is in need of currency may have mine.

[...and that's it. Free money!]

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[bondsprofoundly]

There've been a few, yes. [Cas sits down on a nearby bench and watches Gavroche paw through the bag of money.] Are you used to being on your own?

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[chiot]

I'm never really alone, I got the people of Paris with me, Monsieur.

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[bondsprofoundly]

That's very patriotic.

The people of Paris, they're your family?

[chiot]

Not really. But us gamin, we stick together. We gotta. So they're my family.

[bondsprofoundly]

[Castiel nods in agreement.]

Finding family outside of blood isn't uncommon. It's preferable to being alone, at least.

[chiot]

Y'got any? Y'got any that's here, too? Family.

[bondsprofoundly]

[Cas hesitates, but nods. He leans forward to rest his elbows on his knees, clasping his hands.] My closest friend. He's called us brothers, once.

[Doesn't know if they're back to that point, but one can hope.]

And you? How many of your family are here?

[chiot]

Uhmmm... [ Hang on, let him count on his fingers. ] Enjolras, Grantaire, Courfeyrac, Jehan, Combeferre, and Marius. That's.... 6! Six of 'em. We were all together then an' then we're all together here.

Why doesn't he call you brother anymore?

[bondsprofoundly]

[Oh good, he's not alone. He probably won't starve to death.]

I wronged him terribly.

[Pause.]

I think he might have forgiven me. Or maybe just wants to forgive me, but hasn't yet. [It's hard to tell with Dean.] Can I ask your opinion on something?

[chiot]

[ Blink. ] Yeah, go for it.

[bondsprofoundly]

If your close friend had betrayed you but expressed genuine remorse afterward, how would that make you feel?

[chiot]

Depends on the betrayal. How big he messed you up, yeah?

[bondsprofoundly]

Ah. No. [Cas glances up, a little cowed.] I'm the one who betrayed him.

[chiot]

Then how big did you messed up?

[bondsprofoundly]

I put the entire world in danger and released a plague of vicious near-immortal beasts on mankind.

[So kind of a big screw up.]

[chiot]

[ Uuh? Gavroche looks at him. Squints, even, and then when he draws back he's being perfectly, brutally honest. Never trust a gamin not to mince words. ]

If what you'er sayin' is true, I don't think I'd ever forgive someone what brought on the end of the world, huh? Not summin' you can wave off.

[bondsprofoundly]

[Guh.

From the mouth of babes, after all.]

I see. I suppose that's reasonable.

[chiot]

[ well... ]

Can I ask you summin? Did you think you were doin' the right thing when you did it?

[bondsprofoundly]

[Ummmmm]

I thought I was taking the only viable course of action to keep people safe. [So not necessarily the right thing, but for the right reasons? Ish?]

/quietly backtags while on hiatus

[chiot]

Hmmm. Well. I might forgive you, but I definitely wouldn't forget! Y'gotta be like an elephant, not forgettin' stuff like that.

/quietly tags u back while ur on hiatus

[bondsprofoundly]

Yes, of course. That'd be foolish. [That kinda sucks but it's expected.]

Thank you, for your opinion. It's helpful.