Verse 04 -- Video

[poeticverses]

[Compared to Jehan's last post a week or so ago, he looks much better. He's slept, he's eaten, and he's up for trying to interact with people again. He smiles a bit shyly when the feed clicks on, blushing as he usually is]

I wanted to apologize if my...behavior last month upset anyone. I was not feeling well and wasn't thinking clearly. I hope that anyone I upset or worried can forgive me. Ah...and I wanted to thank everyone who offered assistance. I am--it was greatly appreciated.

[Understatement of the centuries. This is followed by some private messages, all of which are absurdly easy to crack. The guy's from 1832. He's just happy he can make the private.]

[Original Amis sans Marius]

[The smile's gone, and Jehan is serious]

I wanted to...to remind everyone that should you feel as I did last month I am here to listen or talk or simply keep you company. I know what happens when you shut yourself away, now. I do not want that to happen to any of you.

[Dorian Gray]

[Shyly:]

Is it too late to accept your offer of that flute, Dorian?

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[poeticverses]

Oh, yes. I've spent hours contemplating the afterlife and how we reach it once we die.

[He laughs]

When I was barely your age, I spent days wondering if my cat would go to heaven and was quite upset when my priest said she could not. I refused to attend Mass for months.

[chiot]

Why? Was she a bad cat? [ That..makes no sense. Gavroche is just gonna squint at you until you fess up on the real answer. ] Good cats should go to heaven.

[poeticverses]

I was told it was because she did not have a soul or some other such thing, I don't recall exactly. I refused to believe it, and did not attend Mass until that Christmas, when my grandmother made me.

[chiot]

That doesn't make any sense. Cats live, an' they eat lots, an' they either like you or don't like you, so they're like people. So they have souls!

...

This is confusin'.

[poeticverses]

[Calmly:]

It's best, really, to not think about it often. It only results in a headache.