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Post by Leia on May 13, 2008 20:00:14 GMT -5
*Somehow, the two seemed to have begun a conversation*
"All that talk about control- it's only another word for restriction of liberty."
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Post by Enjolras on May 13, 2008 20:02:25 GMT -5
"Exactly! It's like the first Revolution was for naught; all we've had since then are tyrants or useless senates. Either way, the people of France are the ones who'll suffer. They always do in the end."
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Post by Leia on May 13, 2008 20:08:11 GMT -5
*Leia sighed*
"If I had any sense, I'd start packing my bags right now."
*She looked at the paper again*
"Does no one realize what's happening?"
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Post by Enjolras on May 13, 2008 20:08:54 GMT -5
"Nobody ever does until it's too late, and those who have fall in the end." *He said bitterly.* "Ever heard of the June 1832 insurrection?"
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Post by Leia on May 13, 2008 20:11:34 GMT -5
*She nodded, having learned a bit about Earth history*
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Post by Enjolras on May 13, 2008 20:13:40 GMT -5
*He raised an eyebrow, impressed.*
"Wait, really?"
*Nobody ever knew about the 1832 insurrection.*
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Post by Leia on May 13, 2008 20:18:12 GMT -5
"It was after the French Revolution officially ended- student revolution, wasn't it? I'm not a native here."
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Post by Enjolras on May 13, 2008 20:21:17 GMT -5
"Yes. Student revolution. Almost all of them were killed; I was there." *He said, with a wry smile on his face.*
*He hadn't mentioned having led it.* "I only asked because normally it's faded into obscurity. Had you said no, my point about revolutions would have been proven."
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Post by Leia on May 13, 2008 20:23:23 GMT -5
"I heard about it in this cafe, actually. People in polite conversation don't seem to care about politics."
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Post by Enjolras on May 13, 2008 20:25:39 GMT -5
*He scoffed.*
"Sons of 'polite society' were the sons of the revolution; I'd hardly expect them to bring up their black sheep."
*His face softened a little, thinking about it.* "This is where it all started, actually. The insurrection, I mean."
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Post by Leia on May 13, 2008 20:28:00 GMT -5
*She smiled sadly*
"Many of my friends died rebelling, too."
No, almost everyone I ever met did when the planet was blown up, but no one here understands that sort of thing.
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Post by Enjolras on May 13, 2008 20:29:25 GMT -5
"All of mine save two, and one ended up shooting himself for grief later." *He said darkly.* "And I'm the one who got them all killed."
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Post by Leia on May 13, 2008 20:30:37 GMT -5
"It's easy to say that afterwards. If only we'd done things differently..."
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Post by Enjolras on May 13, 2008 20:31:50 GMT -5
"No doubt another batch of schoolboys'll rise up, expecting the people to follow, and get mown down like they always do." *He said resignedly.*
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Post by Leia on May 13, 2008 20:33:07 GMT -5
*Leia thought of her home planet again*
"But what can a person do? Just let things happen? WHAT DOES A MAN DOOO?"
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