"Don't fight. Don't. I can't bear it. Mama, don't fight. If you do I shall scream, and I shall leave and never come back. Is that what you want?" Eponine half sits up, pointing at Eva. There's a pleain her voice, but she's shouting too. She is quite determined that her chosen mother and father will get on with one another.

(If she had her way, then Eva and Sigma would be married and that would be that. Happy families forever more.)

"Mama, I don't want you to go away. I want you to stay here with me. I don't want you to die. You have to win, Eva. You have to win for us so they don't send you back. You have to win so you can send me presents."