"I have been here since perhaps a week before the current Arena." He took the cup and saucer from her, nodding in thanks before proceeding to prepare the drink. The Englishman comment stung, but it wasn't anything to which he was unaccustomed and likely, the teasing would be worse if he asked for specifically watered down wine anyway. Such was simply the price of maintaining one's presence of mind. "I would like to think that I am still uncomfortable with the practices here. For their many conveniences, these people are quite thoughtless."
Sipping lightly at his tea, Enjolras considered how best to continue his thoughts. His speech had largely been dismissed, it seemed, for all that it had gotten his fellow Tributes talking and there was little doubt in his mind that his politics differed from Oscar's. What would a Bourbon-Royalist loyal to an absolute monarchy have to say about a government such as this? Surely not the same things as a radical Republican. Finally, he set the cup and saucer down again. The motion was deliberate, and though it had only been a few brief moments since he'd last spoken, he seemed to have come to some sort of conclusion about a grand and ponderous topic. "I should not like to revel in the needless destruction of others, nor should I like to forgo all the advances this world offers in favor of brutality. You mentioned the ancient concept of bread and circuses? That is exactly what this world is-- What the Games are. A means of distracting the people from the reality of their circumstances."
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Sipping lightly at his tea, Enjolras considered how best to continue his thoughts. His speech had largely been dismissed, it seemed, for all that it had gotten his fellow Tributes talking and there was little doubt in his mind that his politics differed from Oscar's. What would a Bourbon-Royalist loyal to an absolute monarchy have to say about a government such as this? Surely not the same things as a radical Republican. Finally, he set the cup and saucer down again. The motion was deliberate, and though it had only been a few brief moments since he'd last spoken, he seemed to have come to some sort of conclusion about a grand and ponderous topic. "I should not like to revel in the needless destruction of others, nor should I like to forgo all the advances this world offers in favor of brutality. You mentioned the ancient concept of bread and circuses? That is exactly what this world is-- What the Games are. A means of distracting the people from the reality of their circumstances."