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thecapitol2013-02-09 12:41 am
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What| Maximus gets introduced to the Capitol
Where| After his death
When| whenever you want
Warnings/Notes| none so far! will edit if any come up
He dreamt, before he awoke. He dreamt of endless fields, of his son riding a new horse, of his wife smiling as she welcomed him home. He dreamt of a door...
And awoke to a cold cot and a cold room.
He had been dead. He had felt it, felt his life slip away from him. He'd felt his wife's arms reach out to take him. But as he stared at the ceiling and sucked in a breath, he knew he was not to rejoin them yet. He wasn't surprised. He'd lost. Obviously he was meant to continue in these games until he won, until Commodus was brought before him, until he killed the man himself. Had he not said "in this life or the next"? This was surely the next - or some form of it - and he would not be dissuaded. No. Not even if it meant dying again, and again, and again.
The games, he expected.
The Capitol, he didn't.
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"And you have no qualms working with a man who took your life, once?"
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But, since seeing Maximus here, he's been turning it over in his head. It's true that his muscles tense a bit at the sight of him, that as much as Javert can logic it away he still feels a pang of memory. But he imagines that will fade with time. He hopes so, at least.
"But I don't. I can't fault you for it when I was the one who started the attack, and we were both doing our duty in the arena. Do you have qualms working with a man who tried to kill you?"
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Not to mention that he was, at the least, human.
The thing that had taken Maximus' life most certainly was not.