[Eren thinks about it for a minute, but it takes no further consideration than that. He nods his head. This place is his, these people are his, and now...Aubrey is his too.

[Black ink shifts around in each of Eren's eyes, only the faintest freckles of green showing through. Aubrey's eyes are already brown, but he can still see their color. He pictures them blue, for some reason.

[It's been a while since he had someone new, but somehow, she doesn't feel it. Her scent is so familiar, that tension tugging on her brows, that little frown. He finds himself running a knuckle just over her cheekbone.

[When he realizes, he drops his hand.]

The change isn't pleasant. We'll make you comfortable.

You won't want to suffer through it alone, so...

I'll stay with you.