[ PRESENT TIME ]
Maxen had lost count of how many times he had read Cosette's journal. He got it around a month after learning her condition; Cosette handed it to him when he found her writing something lengthy on her desk.
The contents of her journals were ridiculous, especially the ones at the beginning of the journal. Any sane person would think someone who had a vast imagination wrote it. However, the more he read it, the more Cosette's actions since the beginning made sense.
After that initial story, she wrote down as a 'guide,' Cosette focused on writing her day-to-day life. Each page was full of life, and just reading it would fill his heart with warmth. Knowing her perspective somehow put some ease in his heart, despite being lost at the beginning of the story where he was known as Maxen Devilsin.
