Sunshine watches him, and though her mind is dulled by the concussion and the pain medication, she is somewhat more aware in that moment of the scrapes on her knuckles and bruises on her wrist, the signs of her recent battle, than she was a moment previous.

"You hope to return a sense of purpose to Javert, whose pride and stubbornness reminds you of your brother," she murmurs. "Your brother whose sense of purpose necessitated that you kill him or be killed, for his purpose was diametrically opposed yours."

Why do this, she wants to ask. What need does he hope this will fulfill?