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[not_his_pa]

William is feeling more like himself after some awful days up in his room as he found new ways to hurt and had trouble remembering who he was.

Today he's come down because his injuries from the fight feel like they'll get worse if he doesn't move and he needs more ice or something for all the bruises on his face, also the fire will feel nice. He hopes that the man he fought was Javert thinking he was Robin Hood and not Ben Wade, that would be awful, more awful.

There's a bandage visible under his shirt on one arm and his shirt isn't buttoned properly as his arm hurts, also he's carrying down a sword. At the counter, he drops it and tells Bar to return it to Teja before gently taking the tray with tomato soup, grilled cheese and tea on it to a table close to the fire.

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[street_sparrow]

"What happened to you?" Gavroche asks with mixed curiosity and concern.

[not_his_pa]

"I got sick, thought I was somehow else and got into a swordfight."

[street_sparrow]

"A swordfight?" He blinks. "With who?"

[not_his_pa]

"I'm not sure. I thought I was D'Artagnan and he said he was I think Robin Hood, but he could have been Javert or Ben Wade."

[street_sparrow]

"...probably Javert", he says, putting it together. "I've heard he might be infected."

[not_his_pa]

"Well, that's somethin'," At least he doesn't have to apologize to Ben Wade.

[street_sparrow]

"You're taking care of the wounds?" he asks, just to make sure.

[not_his_pa]

"Yeah, I came down cause I'm startin' to get stiff and its harder to manage the bandages and I feel well enough to make it downstairs."

[street_sparrow]

"Stiff?" Gavroche says with a frown. "In your muscles?"

[runningred]

"Will? You alright, mate? What happened?"

[not_his_pa]

"Oh hey, I thought I was a musketeer and got into a duel then lost. At least I sort of feel like myself now,"

Though he's in pain but he's dealt with being beat up before.

[runningred]

"Oh shit." Jay mutters. "How badly hurt are you?"

[not_his_pa]

"One long cut up my arm, nick on my shoulder and more bruises than I want to think about,"

Gently he pushes up his sleeve to show the bandage on his arm.

[runningred]

"D'you bandage it yourself or have you let someone take a look at it?"

[not_his_pa]

"Myself, cause I was covered in mud and needed to wash it off. I came down stairs because I figured I needed to do more than I could on my own."

[runningred]

"You'd be better getting someone from the infirmary take a look but I'm pretty use to patch up jobs if you don't want to show a stranger."

[not_his_pa]

"Thanks, would you? Its not as bad as it looks but I don't want to have to explain it cause it was one of the stupider fights I've ever been in."

[ostro_goth]

When Teja gets the sword from the bar, he abandons what he was going to do, and instead goes to find William Evans.

"Greetings," he says, when he finds him at his table. "You are yourself again, William Evans?"

[not_his_pa]

"Why did you give me a sword if you knew I wasn't feelin' like myself?"

Its the one part of all this that doesn't make sense to him. Teja's on Security, he must have seen how D'Artagnan was someone who wanted it a fight and that happened. It just doesn't make any sense.

[ostro_goth]

"You were feeling like that other young man, and he needed that sword," Teja says.

[not_his_pa]

"No, he didn't cause he went and got into a duel. I mean I did and now I can see why Bar didn't give me one. I mean she doesn't give 'em out anyway but he was even more ready to fight than I was. Ain't you on Security?"

From what he can tell the whole idea of Security is to keep trouble from happening and giving him a sword didn't do anything good.

[ostro_goth]

"I am on Security, keeping the rules," Teja says. "You did not break one. Where I come from, a free man may have a weapon if he wishes to. Duels are not forbidden."

[not_his_pa]

He takes a long drink of tea to keep from saying something rash, he respects Teja but this felt stupid,

"Yeah, but you don't give a drunk man a loaded gun even if he asks for it. We almost killed each other for no other reason than we both wanted a fight and cause we had swords it was worse."

[ostro_goth]

"What would you have done, had you not had a sword and still seen an Englishman?" Teja says.

[not_his_pa]

"Maybe got into a fistfight, it might not have even gotten that far. I went outside to practice with that sword and came upon him,"

Yes, he still would have gotten beaten up if he'd fought, but now he has cuts from a sword.