[Maybe Armin was just hoping that Levi was talking about someone else. He smiles, and it's a terrible thing, because it's false, the kind of smile he hides behind; it's thin though, compared to his others - he's losing his touch, maybe, when it comes to Eren.]
Your words are kind. [He doesn't believe them. He can't.]
I don't...think I can accept them. When it comes to Eren. [Honesty, right here out in the open.]
[He's known Eren for as long as he can remember. He knew him better than anyone - he thought he did. He could talk to him. He could make him see reason once.
[No one failed Eren as spectacularly and wholly as Armin did. Perhaps he'll always believe that.]
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Your words are kind. [He doesn't believe them. He can't.]
I don't...think I can accept them. When it comes to Eren. [Honesty, right here out in the open.]
[He's known Eren for as long as he can remember. He knew him better than anyone - he thought he did. He could talk to him. He could make him see reason once.
[No one failed Eren as spectacularly and wholly as Armin did. Perhaps he'll always believe that.]
I'm sorry.