...I dun no the dat

[petitgamin]

[The handwriting is painfully messy, but legible, as if someone has struggled over writing out the few short words with all the effort they could manage. The piece is horribly mis-spelled, but to be fair to Gavroche, he only just learnt how to write. His reading ain't all that good neither, but he tries]

I lik bein abl to flie. But it is kolde an' it's koldder up in the aire. I hav a hom under a tre. It's nic, but there's snow. Mebbe Ponine will let mi stay wiv her durin' the kolde.

[There's messy splotches, like he was just drawing, then remembered that he was meant to be writing in this book]

So far, bein Peetah Pan aen't so bad. I can get mi own fud all easy like. Stil cante find a s...sw...sord thou. Mebbeh I'll ned to nik one. Dun fink I shood be nikin' though. I don't think Peetah Pan wood nik.

[Another few scribbled drawings decorate the page]

Fink I will flie some moor now.

Comments

[peckish4action]

You're Éponine's brother, aren't you?

I'm pretty sure there will be warm places to stay, either way.

Also, do you want company for flying?

[petitgamin]

Ponniinne is mi sister, ysss.

God. I m very kold and wood lik to b warm.

C'n u flie too?

[peckish4action]

Maybe we can look for some proper winter clothes. And then crash here - I've got a fireplace!

[petitgamin]

[There's a pause, before Gavroche writes back]

Aent needin no chariti. C'n fin mi own cloths.

... Is it nici to hav a fireplac?

[peckish4action]

I wasn't suggesting that I get you clothes! Just that we go looking for some together. But up to you.

Yeah, it's nice. And warm.

[petitgamin]

[Dots appears on the page. There's the beginning of words, before they are scrubbed over viciously with ink, and more dots as if the writer is just tapping their pen off the page over and over again]

Only kolde when I fli really. Aen't al that bad.

[Yes, he's colder. But he's been far colder. Still, he's curious about living somewhere with a fireplace. He's never experienced it himself]

Ow's it werk then?

[peckish4action]

Do you want me to write about it, or do you want to come check it out yourself?

[petitgamin]

Dun no. Dun no where u stay, or where I m tooo b honesst. Near a tre.

[peckish4action]

That's easier. Do you know the clock tower in the middle of the town? We can meet there, and I can take you the rest of the way.

[howherolls]

Peetah? [ because. You know. Peeta? ]