[ Congratulations, Clara, you’ve managed to temporarily override his inability to believe in anything by playing to his interest in the city of Paris itself. He knew every cobblestone on those streets, every alleyway, every crack in every wall. It was one of the few things he could be proud of. None of his friends knew the city quite as intimately as he did.
For once, he actually puts down the bottle, his eyes wide with fascination. ]
And the elephant? The one placed at the Bastille? Surely there was no restoring that unsightly edifice. It looked more an open wound than it did a majestic beast. But they built it well enough, a strong wind couldn't have knocked it over and prevented it from blocking the view.
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[ Congratulations, Clara, you’ve managed to temporarily override his inability to believe in anything by playing to his interest in the city of Paris itself. He knew every cobblestone on those streets, every alleyway, every crack in every wall. It was one of the few things he could be proud of. None of his friends knew the city quite as intimately as he did.
For once, he actually puts down the bottle, his eyes wide with fascination. ]
And the elephant? The one placed at the Bastille? Surely there was no restoring that unsightly edifice. It looked more an open wound than it did a majestic beast. But they built it well enough, a strong wind couldn't have knocked it over and prevented it from blocking the view.