"I am very lucky," Marius replies with emphasis. He truly doesn't know how he would have ended up without his boisterous friend in his life. Before Courfeyrac, he had known very little kindness, even growing up as he did in what would today be considered a grand home. Before Courfeyrac, he'd only had brief flashes of memory of both his mother and father to get by on, like crumbs of bread.

"Oh," he says, watching Rat rummage for his phone. "It's alright. I'll see him tonight as it is. You don't have to go through the trouble."