"Rather glad, yes. I think...I missed much, at home. For good reason , but...I did not see the things that would have made me...more thoughtful, opened my mind to more possibilities than my narrow ones. I knew too late that one had to embrace the world fully, to truly understand it, and humanity. I was able to GLEAN much but it was...a bit past me, like I was looking into a place I couldn't quite understand."

Here, he's smiling, and there's a touch of sadness here, but more than that, a sort of peace as well. He's slowly come to terms with so many things he held himself responsible first. Some remain on his conscience, but only those which he's actually done. It helps quite a bit.

"I think I've learnt much here about...all of those things, what to take pleasure in, and learn from, how to understand people at all times, The things that I could never lose...and how to be happy with the memory when they have gone.

I lived for Patria, my country, and loved her so much, but I forgot what else there was to life, and never knew myself before. I've started to understand Enjolras here. Even to get to like him, just a little."