"As I said, no government is without its flaws." There was also the matter of the proper French and the Gauls being just a few hundred years removed, and the distinctly Enlightenment-tinged claim that the Gauls' existence in the State of Nature gave them little right to resist such treatment by the Romans, but Enjolras wouldn't have been confident in that argument if he'd had opportunity or a mind to make it. Instead, he raised his sword obligingly, turning his body to a classical fencing stance.

"En garde," he called, falling into a lunge toward Nasir. His movement was quick, a sort of stabbing gesture aimed for his opponent's chest.