( whether Javert notices him or not, is mostly immaterial. the reality is Matt notices him, and has for some time. blindness hasn't kept him from spotting his predictability, figuring out what he's doing as he treks through town. always the same path, almost the same time, a rigid determination in his route.
Matt occasionally does some wandering of his own, though mostly in the dark. not specific patrols, either. it's recent developments that pushes him to want to be more involved. a boy missing, an ugly streak of guilt he can't silence. it's not the first lost soul to fade since Matt arrived in Beacon, though it is the youngest he's ever known or had a chance to care about. he didn't do enough, he wasn't careful enough. maybe if he had been, things would be different.
so from here on, they will be.
that said, he can't easily get away with patrolling alone. it requires admitting more than he wants to. it'll be easier if he has a partner, a reliable one. one he can point in the right direction if something threatens, someone that can be trusted without needing to explain how he knows when he can't see. Javert doesn't know it, but he's been pegged as that exact partner, and Matt is quite determined to invite himself to his patrols.
if he wasn't noticed initially, he likely will be as he makes a more determined tap with his cane. ) Wait — do you have a minute? ( it's said only to give him enough time to catch up. Javert won't actually have to stop. ) Sorry. You're the one that patrols through here every day, right? ( he knows you are, Javert, but he's gotta play it cool. )
SORRY FOR THE LATE !! HERE I AM
Matt occasionally does some wandering of his own, though mostly in the dark. not specific patrols, either. it's recent developments that pushes him to want to be more involved. a boy missing, an ugly streak of guilt he can't silence. it's not the first lost soul to fade since Matt arrived in Beacon, though it is the youngest he's ever known or had a chance to care about. he didn't do enough, he wasn't careful enough. maybe if he had been, things would be different.
so from here on, they will be.
that said, he can't easily get away with patrolling alone. it requires admitting more than he wants to. it'll be easier if he has a partner, a reliable one. one he can point in the right direction if something threatens, someone that can be trusted without needing to explain how he knows when he can't see. Javert doesn't know it, but he's been pegged as that exact partner, and Matt is quite determined to invite himself to his patrols.
if he wasn't noticed initially, he likely will be as he makes a more determined tap with his cane. ) Wait — do you have a minute? ( it's said only to give him enough time to catch up. Javert won't actually have to stop. ) Sorry. You're the one that patrols through here every day, right? ( he knows you are, Javert, but he's gotta play it cool. )