Joly is very seriously balancing a pillow on one arm held in the air now. It falls half on his face, and he laughs again. "And so my reputation is saved.--Thalia! Bahorel's bird. Some sort of parrot. They visited me in the infirmary; she stole my pens. And- Combeferre had a raven, I don't remember the name."
He bites his lip, thinking."I know all of us had birds, and that was...that was strange, for the world? I had a talk about that. I remember best the things that happened in Milliways, but I know those selves weren't from Milliways, and..." He frowns hard, thinking "...everyone had those--animals?--where we--they-- were from? But I can't remember most of them, except the ones I saw here."
He doesn't bother saying who he's really trying to remember. Legle is probably trying to call up the same image. Had Musichetta been another bird? Or something else entirely? Joly keeps talking, trying to spur memory now.
"--Prouvaire had a black swan, it was lovely. I didn't see Feuilly, and I can't quite remember how he was now, only that he was another bird. Had another bird!" Had? Had been? The explanation is right on the edge of that strange doubled-memory.
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Date: 26 Jul 2015 21:26 (UTC)He bites his lip, thinking."I know all of us had birds, and that was...that was strange, for the world? I had a talk about that. I remember best the things that happened in Milliways, but I know those selves weren't from Milliways, and..." He frowns hard, thinking "...everyone had those--animals?--where we--they-- were from? But I can't remember most of them, except the ones I saw here."
He doesn't bother saying who he's really trying to remember. Legle is probably trying to call up the same image. Had Musichetta been another bird? Or something else entirely? Joly keeps talking, trying to spur memory now.
"--Prouvaire had a black swan, it was lovely. I didn't see Feuilly, and I can't quite remember how he was now, only that he was another bird. Had another bird!" Had? Had been? The explanation is right on the edge of that strange doubled-memory.