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milliways_bar2009-07-12 10:30 pm
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The first thing Javert notices, when Milliways appears to him this time, is the subtle change in the atmosphere. It's exactly the kind of thing an officer of the law encounters time and again - a quiet tension, a shift, the sense that something has gone very wrong.
In response, Javert's own demeanor changes. He has been, in the weeks since contacting the Paris prefecture about Valjean's false office in Montreuil-sur-mer, lighter than anyone in Montreuil-sur-mer had seen him to be before. Knowing that the justice Valjean believes himself to have escaped will claim him once more has been precious to Javert, allowing him to endure the inevitable wait as Paris sorts through the hundreds of letters it must deal with every day. It has also allowed him to quietly endure Valjean and to play the part of the humble inspector who has learned his place, which he must do to perfection. Valjean cannot get wind of anything that would prompt him to flee once more. But Javert is a born spy, an actor when the law requires him to be, and that much has come easily.
It is equally easy to cast away that lightness in favor of a more reserved and watchful approach. Something has gone wrong in Milliways. Javert may not have the authority to do anything about it, but some responses are involuntary, and there is nothing preventing him from gathering information if he can.
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In response, Javert's own demeanor changes. He has been, in the weeks since contacting the Paris prefecture about Valjean's false office in Montreuil-sur-mer, lighter than anyone in Montreuil-sur-mer had seen him to be before. Knowing that the justice Valjean believes himself to have escaped will claim him once more has been precious to Javert, allowing him to endure the inevitable wait as Paris sorts through the hundreds of letters it must deal with every day. It has also allowed him to quietly endure Valjean and to play the part of the humble inspector who has learned his place, which he must do to perfection. Valjean cannot get wind of anything that would prompt him to flee once more. But Javert is a born spy, an actor when the law requires him to be, and that much has come easily.
It is equally easy to cast away that lightness in favor of a more reserved and watchful approach. Something has gone wrong in Milliways. Javert may not have the authority to do anything about it, but some responses are involuntary, and there is nothing preventing him from gathering information if he can.
[OOC: Open till it falls off the front page.]
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The rest he doesn't bother to address. Social niceties are relevant only if he needs them in the course of his duties.
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She pulled the handle and it didn't open.
"I don't think I'm dead," she said, "Because I still have a door."
Of course having Vala bound in the bar is a catastrophe in itself.
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"You wouldn't know otherwise?"
Javert, of course, has no experience in that particular field, but he wonders if there could really be all that much doubt. Dying in delirium, maybe. That could leave room for some confusion.
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She nodded and grinned. That must be it. Then she tried pulling on the door handle while pushing on the frame with her feet. Nothing happened. It seemed that Bar wasn't willing to let her leave just yet, or that someone had locked the door.
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Whether he is referring to the evidence that she might be dead, or the evidence that she might merely be Bound, he doesn't clarify.
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