"Not a little dangerous," Eren says. As if a little danger was going to end one of their lives. Sure, Jean is mostly a regular person and Eren is a nearly impossible to kill monster. But even now, he doesn't think of Jean as fragile.

"I know you have," he says. He heard about it from Levi at some point.

"But if you think I should rely on you, that works both ways. That's the only way it works."

Even as he says it, he knows it's hypocrisy. He does want people to rely on him again, even if he's not trustworthy. But can Eren really rely on anyone else? He's so hell-bent on doing everything himself, on not putting anyone else in harm's way ever again, that it's hard to do that. Levi's words about relying on his own power have lived inside him for years.