Jean is almost ready to go on the defensive, but calms himself down, especially since he's pretty sure Eren didn't mean to sound like he's giving a lecture. Besides, he was right. All too right.

He can't help but huff a little, though. Eren definitely wasn't someone you turned to about advice of forgiveness. In a way, it made this situation silly. At the same time, maybe it was better he wasn't an expert on what was troubling Jean.

"... gentler, huh", Jean says after a moment. "But do I really deserve that?"

Maybe he didn't mean to say that out loud, or maybe he did. Either way, it's said.