"Because I enjoy it. Why do you think, Yosuke?" Eponine snaps, but then she sighs. "Because we need money and we need it quickly. And I suppose I will have a job for every other hour. And Afterglow pays well, if they'll have me back. I will have to ask Monsieur Jack... And Jesse - I could ask Monsieur for the money, perhaps?"

She laughs. "I would like to work in a book shop - learn how to read properly. I CAN read - but I never practise, really, and it takes me time. But I do not think I can have a respectable job. Who would give me one? AGI have scared people from me, and I have police records..."

She beams though. "Do you really think I'm beautiful? I think you are blind - but I do not care. You are the first to say that to me. I don't care if you lie even to make me happy. I think you are handsome - and the nicest person I have met in Port and in France. And you talk to me. Do not worry, Monsieur Yosuke. I will make this better for me. I will make your heart light as you make mine so."