[ If Bastien had not put a great deal of work into making himself look like a man who's never in his life slept rough, he might commiserate. But he has put that work in. A project of years. So instead he is only thoughtful and interested about this clearly foreign concept.
Having assembled a perfect spoonful of meat, broth, and each kind of root vegetable, he raises it to eat, but pauses along the way—just before his mouth will be full—to ask, ]
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[ If Bastien had not put a great deal of work into making himself look like a man who's never in his life slept rough, he might commiserate. But he has put that work in. A project of years. So instead he is only thoughtful and interested about this clearly foreign concept.
Having assembled a perfect spoonful of meat, broth, and each kind of root vegetable, he raises it to eat, but pauses along the way—just before his mouth will be full—to ask, ]
Choice or bad luck?