"I'd hope you didn't hate me," Eren says. This Jean shouldn't have a reason to. Anyway, he flat out said they were friends. Whatever his faults, Jean has always been reliable.
Right, the thing about Marco…the way Reiner could be two different people, almost. He'd fucked himself up mentally from the strain of…well, Eren's not entirely sure. Marco? The invasion of Paradis, realising that the so-called devils were humans, were friends? Eren relates, but he's not fractured into pieces like that. He just can't keep time straight, which isn't entirely his fault.
"Reiner…forgets which place he's in," Eren says. "With us or against us." He thinks of the beach game, the way he used that against Reiner, the worst kind of weapon. He had (mostly) regretted it afterwards, but he knew what button to push.
"You're wrong. You're a good friend. I want to be one, too, I just…"
Can't. Don't remember how. Don't deserve it. He's not sure how to finish that.
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Right, the thing about Marco…the way Reiner could be two different people, almost. He'd fucked himself up mentally from the strain of…well, Eren's not entirely sure. Marco? The invasion of Paradis, realising that the so-called devils were humans, were friends? Eren relates, but he's not fractured into pieces like that. He just can't keep time straight, which isn't entirely his fault.
"Reiner…forgets which place he's in," Eren says. "With us or against us." He thinks of the beach game, the way he used that against Reiner, the worst kind of weapon. He had (mostly) regretted it afterwards, but he knew what button to push.
"You're wrong. You're a good friend. I want to be one, too, I just…"
Can't. Don't remember how. Don't deserve it. He's not sure how to finish that.
"We just do the best we can, like always."