[ It's too bad. He knows those kinds of smiles well. ]
I figured you might not.
[ It doesn't feel right to try to convince him. But at least he's put it out there, aloud, a different voice to the one Armin no doubt hears every day telling him otherwise. At least, now the idea of it exists somewhere in his mind. Perhaps, with time, he'll be able to revisit it. ]
[ It would be hypocritical of him to demand Armin moves on, forgives himself, accepts he did the best he could. Levi doesn't, not really, even if he'd never let it consume him like that. He's never had the luxury to allow himself regrets; he couldn't afford to be slow, to hesitate about his decisions. But when he wasn't in the middle of battle or planning of another one, he's spent countless nights wondering if some things could have been different. If he could have made them different. ]
...I'm sorry, too.
[ For him not believing it. For his own part in how everything played out. For the end of the world and the broken little pieces left, for their losses, for Armin's pain. ]
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I figured you might not.
[ It doesn't feel right to try to convince him. But at least he's put it out there, aloud, a different voice to the one Armin no doubt hears every day telling him otherwise. At least, now the idea of it exists somewhere in his mind. Perhaps, with time, he'll be able to revisit it. ]
[ It would be hypocritical of him to demand Armin moves on, forgives himself, accepts he did the best he could. Levi doesn't, not really, even if he'd never let it consume him like that. He's never had the luxury to allow himself regrets; he couldn't afford to be slow, to hesitate about his decisions. But when he wasn't in the middle of battle or planning of another one, he's spent countless nights wondering if some things could have been different. If he could have made them different. ]
...I'm sorry, too.
[ For him not believing it. For his own part in how everything played out. For the end of the world and the broken little pieces left, for their losses, for Armin's pain. ]
[ I understand. ]