Enjolras, at least, knew the broad strokes of their fate and the aftermath of their lives. He knew that their rebellion had a name, and that it was remember by history not fondly, but with a sort of disappointed inevitability. Their efforts were the precursor to revolution, but not the thing in itself. A precipitous event, the culmination of a kind would result in something, but never amount to much on its own.
Because of that, he couldn't really consider returning to Paris, even if the option were available to him. It would require a redressing of his beliefs almost more than Panem did already. And moreover, what was the point of returning to an earlier point in history if, presumably, it all amounted to this anyway? They could build their republic in the 19th Century, only to have it demolished in the 21st by something even worse. Correcting the past to ensure the future was a nice idea, but testing its practicality seemed to great a risk.
He sighed heavily, pushing all of that away for now. It wasn't productive to dwell on what could and couldn't be accomplished in the abstract sense, even if he would have liked to. Better to focus on the here and now, better to understand the present and how it could be used to keep them alive to see the future he always seemed to anticipate so eagerly.
"You did well for a first attempt. Better, I should say, than I managed." Joly also had the benefit of allies who weren't twelve year olds, invalids, or both, but that was beside the point. "There is a peculiar sort of strategy involved in these things. I do wonder how entertaining it was for them to watch children fight when adults struggle to manage even given several opportunities."
welp sometimes I get too sick to tag so /kanyeshrug
Because of that, he couldn't really consider returning to Paris, even if the option were available to him. It would require a redressing of his beliefs almost more than Panem did already. And moreover, what was the point of returning to an earlier point in history if, presumably, it all amounted to this anyway? They could build their republic in the 19th Century, only to have it demolished in the 21st by something even worse. Correcting the past to ensure the future was a nice idea, but testing its practicality seemed to great a risk.
He sighed heavily, pushing all of that away for now. It wasn't productive to dwell on what could and couldn't be accomplished in the abstract sense, even if he would have liked to. Better to focus on the here and now, better to understand the present and how it could be used to keep them alive to see the future he always seemed to anticipate so eagerly.
"You did well for a first attempt. Better, I should say, than I managed." Joly also had the benefit of allies who weren't twelve year olds, invalids, or both, but that was beside the point. "There is a peculiar sort of strategy involved in these things. I do wonder how entertaining it was for them to watch children fight when adults struggle to manage even given several opportunities."