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Eɴᴊᴏʟʀᴀs; ([personal profile] orestes) wrote in [community profile] thecapitol 2014-04-20 02:16 am (UTC)

It was difficult, he realized, to look at someone fighting with another type of weapon and analyze how he should be moving. Enjolras' combat experience was almost purely theoretical. He had been taught to fence, and done so with some competence in a school setting, but never outside of it. At the barricade, they had fought with muskets, and anything else that was readily available. The bulk of his experience came from the occasional brawls that were inevitable when one spent too much time in cafes that served too much wine, but even those were negligible. Increasingly, at the training center, he was realizing that he was ill-equipped in comparison to most of the other Tributes. Particularly those with similarly anachronistic backgrounds.

Still, he had his pride to consider. It forces him to tighten his hold on the blade, try harder rather than give up the hopeless fight.

"You would undo all of human history, monsieur." The words are accompanied by another thrust forward, another effort to somehow gain the upper hand. It won't happen, but it's worth the experiment. "We have lived long enough that most of Rome's shortcomings are understood even while their triumphs are exalted. Someday men will look back on us here and now with a similar chagrin."

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