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the liquid measure of your steps by serinesaccade
Fandoms: Les Misérables - All Media Types
17 Mar 2022
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“Courfeyrac says you do have passion,” says Enjolras, her eyes all dark and mesmerizing. “So why don’t you ever show it?”
“I don’t know,” says Grantaire. “Honestly, most of my energy gets wasted on art or pining, you know?”
Grantaire’s a hopeless romantic. It is part of her personality. Everyone knows this. Their friend group has stopped asking the requisite questions on the matter and just started handing her volumes of longing poetry.
“The art is useful, you should keep that,” Enjolras says earnestly, which at least is an achievement. It took hours of Grantaire and other group members pontificating on how art movements were essential parts of historical unrest and uprisings and cultural shifts for Enjolras to appreciate art. Unfortunately, she now categorizes art as 'tool of war.' Grantaire doesn’t know how to explain to her that it’s a tool forged from yourself. That the blade’s not always sharp or capable of being wielded or cutting. It is unreliable—just like Grantaire. “The pining, though,” she continues. “That has to stop. So. Who is it this time?”
“This time?” says Grantaire dumbly. “Who?”