LAST EDITED ON Nov-16-20 AT 05:24 PM (EST)
 
> Oh, thought Berjeau, she's going to be one of those guests.

What does he mean by that? Was it meant to sound disgusted?

> In spite of her rapidly advancing maturity, Flandre saw nothing
> incongruous about her continued love of stuffed toys

Ah, a woman after my own heart.

> the latter had been to Paris more recently than Remilia, but had
> still missed everything after the late 1860s.

So she hasn't been to Paris, France, in the 2400s? Or is that different? Though if she had, it would explain how she knows the Eiffel Tower.

> "Then the Fourth Republic is a damned disgrace, and we'll
> have to overthrow it and set up one that isn't,"

The scary part is he could, if he set his mind to it.

> Meiling had just about exhausted her limited fund of small talk
> within the first few minutes, and she and the primly dressed,
> thirtyish woman from the Interior Ministry had been sitting across
> the coffee table from each other in an awkward silence

Ah, a woman after my own heart.

> On the Thursday of their first week in Paris, Meiling had the
> unusual experience of celebrating her birthday twice in the span
> of a few weeks

Ah, time travel. The best way to forget how old you actually are. I can't decide if the worst way is amnesia or having your years stolen by an evil sorceror.

I'm just a bit sad that Meiling's erhu playing doesn't have a Youtube link attached, though.

> She wasn't sure how she knew — she hadn't progressed far enough
> in her studies yet to recognize the gentle whispering of the Force
> in her mind's ear

Interesting, very interesting! So, like Anne between Ash Knight and Blades, she's connected to the Force, but doesn't recognize it as such yet.

Also, it's June 21st, the solstice, and at Paris's latitude that means over 16 hours of full daylight. I know Remilia and Flandre don't go sizzle fwoosh in the sun, but it seems like bad luck that they wind up going into the outside world for the first time in the summer.

> "The Minister wants to see us on Monday afternoon, ahead of
> President Auriol's return, which it say here they're expecting
> next Wednesday."

And that's very near the new moon. Now I'm worried that someone in the government may decide to try and finish the Committee for Public Safety's job by keeping them in paperwork until Friday, then striking. I doubt it'd be President Auriol, but it's not like he would screen his staff based on their feelings about vampires.

> "Oh wow," said Flandre, leaning closer. "Is that really what I look
> like?"

It occured to me just now that portrait artists would be invaluable for vampires, which (aside from their usual charm) explains their desire to have Julien Boissard draw them.

Speaking of which, is he based on anyone, or is he just a bohemian artist type?