[Eren is quiet for a long few minutes, head still pressed into Jean's shoulder. He keeps his eyes closed, listening to the older boy's breathing, trying to will away everything that's in his head.
[But he can't.
[When he speaks again, all the warmth in his tone has evaporated. It's an empty, hollow sound; eerily similar to how he'll sound in four years.]
As it turns out...I really am a monster, aren't I, Jean?
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[Eren is quiet for a long few minutes, head still pressed into Jean's shoulder. He keeps his eyes closed, listening to the older boy's breathing, trying to will away everything that's in his head.
[But he can't.
[When he speaks again, all the warmth in his tone has evaporated. It's an empty, hollow sound; eerily similar to how he'll sound in four years.]
As it turns out...I really am a monster, aren't I, Jean?