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My dear Tranquility, if you would be so kind as to indulge me in another question - quite different from my last one but no less genuine.

[Something milder than anger flashes in Ichabod's eyes. He tucks a strand of long hair behind his ear before continuing.]

Is there anyone who thinks that these trousers, these...so-called skinny jeans are appropriate for a grown man!

[He holds them up, giving them a shake. See how angry they make him!!!]

Why the ship would choose to gift them to me can be nothing more than a cruel jest, but if anyone should like to have them, for whatever reason, you may collect them from me at once.

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They are strange.

Though it is far better than the life we came from.

This ship is a curious mixture of torment and safe haven. I'm having trouble figuring it out.

I have only been here since this past jump.

What torment is there?

Mostly of the mind. But it isn't safe to go wandering about the ship either.

Oh. I am sure nothing here is as terrible as I have seen in Paris.

You're from Paris?

You know it, then!

Yes. I was born in Montfermeil, but moved to Paris as a child.

Indeed. I've not had the pleasure of visiting it myself.

You are not missing much, m'sieur. I would avoid Paris.

Oh?

[Now that's a surprise.]

Why so?

It is a terrible place, if you wish to avoid people dying at your feet.

Yes, I should very much like to avoid that. What led to this?

Many things, m'sieur. Famine, poverty, some say they poisoned the water. Others blame Napoleon, or the new king.

I'm sorry to hear of such hardships. Can you tell me the name of this new king?

Louis Philippe. He replaced Charles X, when he abdicated.

And the year?

The year I died is 1832.

And you arose here?

At this last jump, yes.

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