[ It still hurts, when she grips his hand in her strong ones, but he bears it - if he can't bear this for her, what right does he have to fight her about this?
She's not even necessarily wrong - they're just of two different schools of thought on the matter. He also didn't know Levi promised he'd be careful, but he thinks that makes sense. It hurt Levi to see what Eren had become, too. ]
I know he's not doing okay. I know. It's bad.
[ He thinks he's a monster. He is. But he's Jean and Mikasa's monster, and that matters to Jean himself more than anything. ]
We still have a chance to be.
[ Naïve, maybe. Can they be happy now that Eren knows the extremes he'll go to? ]
You can tell him, but not now; give it time. A day. I know you're angry.
[ She's a creature of action, like he is. But he knows if she goes now none of the real reasons Erwin did this will reach her. ]
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She's not even necessarily wrong - they're just of two different schools of thought on the matter. He also didn't know Levi promised he'd be careful, but he thinks that makes sense. It hurt Levi to see what Eren had become, too. ]
I know he's not doing okay. I know. It's bad.
[ He thinks he's a monster. He is. But he's Jean and Mikasa's monster, and that matters to Jean himself more than anything. ]
We still have a chance to be.
[ Naïve, maybe. Can they be happy now that Eren knows the extremes he'll go to? ]
You can tell him, but not now; give it time. A day. I know you're angry.
[ She's a creature of action, like he is. But he knows if she goes now none of the real reasons Erwin did this will reach her. ]