Cosette would consider that a win too, only if the narrative were from her canon there would be several chapters enumerating why exactly it was a win.

. . . so luckily it wasn't.

"And that's why I would have been disappointed if you did," she said, seeming more or less content about it. "Luckily you are far too decent of a person to consider it. I'm sorry that you have to leave all this behind, but I do wish you all the best."