[ It bursts out of Jean, angry and resentful - not at her, not at Eren, not even at himself. At the knowledge that something like that has existed in Eren as long as he's known him. Maybe longer.
Maybe since he was born. ]
Today. He told me that today. Before Commander Erwin talked to him.
[ To be fair, he also apologized and said he wouldn't, and Jean believed him. There's always been something there, though, and he's been pretending he hasn't seen it since they arrived. ]
I wasn't ready. I didn't want to think about it. If I stop and think, Mikasa, I can't -
[ He cuts himself off. Breathes. He's probably holding her a little too tight now and he very deliberately unclenches his hands against her arms. ]
He deserved to know, even if we weren't ready. Erwin did it for us instead.
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[ It bursts out of Jean, angry and resentful - not at her, not at Eren, not even at himself. At the knowledge that something like that has existed in Eren as long as he's known him. Maybe longer.
Maybe since he was born. ]
Today. He told me that today. Before Commander Erwin talked to him.
[ To be fair, he also apologized and said he wouldn't, and Jean believed him. There's always been something there, though, and he's been pretending he hasn't seen it since they arrived. ]
I wasn't ready. I didn't want to think about it. If I stop and think, Mikasa, I can't -
[ He cuts himself off. Breathes. He's probably holding her a little too tight now and he very deliberately unclenches his hands against her arms. ]
He deserved to know, even if we weren't ready. Erwin did it for us instead.