[ There is a delay before Reiner responds. A delay in which he just sits with those last words, reading and rereading them. Trying to soak them in. Trying to believe them.
It's hard to do so when he knows that he is the source of so much of their pain.
He types. Deletes. Types. Deletes. Finally: ]
Any pain I've experienced here is the selfish kind. It's fine.
[ He almost adds, "I'm fine." But he knows Jean would call out that lie in a heartbeat. So he continues, tentatively attempting to share more. To turn the focus away from pain. ]
This place is nice, you know? There's no shortage of housing. The walls are thick, so I don't have to watch every word I say. I don't have to dress a certain way to go outside. I haven't had to kill anyone.
I hope Eren can learn to see the good things. He's so fixated on walls that he's not looking at what's inside them.
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It's hard to do so when he knows that he is the source of so much of their pain.
He types. Deletes. Types. Deletes. Finally: ]
Any pain I've experienced here is the selfish kind. It's fine.
[ He almost adds, "I'm fine." But he knows Jean would call out that lie in a heartbeat. So he continues, tentatively attempting to share more. To turn the focus away from pain. ]
This place is nice, you know? There's no shortage of housing. The walls are thick, so I don't have to watch every word I say. I don't have to dress a certain way to go outside. I haven't had to kill anyone.
I hope Eren can learn to see the good things. He's so fixated on walls that he's not looking at what's inside them.