[ Eren tightens his hand in Armin's. He had done that, or…will do it, or is doing it. He showed Armin the world as they wanted to see it, mountains of fire and vast oceans and a land of ice, unpopulated, just the two of them. Even if that was just Eren's madness manifested, it was their world, a world with only them.
It was a nice sort of lie, unlike most of his others. At the end of it, there was still the horrible truth. Here in this endless water, it's the same. There's something beautiful about it and something that was sad even without all the blood. ]
I don't know. Did you say it?
[ This is Armin's dream, but Eren isn't a figment of his imagination. Who knows what the last dream was like, or what the next one will be? Even Eren has no idea.
He's a terrible conversationalist anyway, especially now, leaving too much of the direction up to Armin. But this isn't the Paths and he can't really control where they go either. So they'll stay. ]
I love you too. I never stopped. I just…
[ Wanted to. That's not it, though. He didn't want to stop caring about anyone. He tried to shove that all in a box but alongside his childish selfishness, it was always that he loved them all too much. His love is like this ocean, endless and sinister and all encompassing. ]
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It was a nice sort of lie, unlike most of his others. At the end of it, there was still the horrible truth. Here in this endless water, it's the same. There's something beautiful about it and something that was sad even without all the blood. ]
I don't know. Did you say it?
[ This is Armin's dream, but Eren isn't a figment of his imagination. Who knows what the last dream was like, or what the next one will be? Even Eren has no idea.
He's a terrible conversationalist anyway, especially now, leaving too much of the direction up to Armin. But this isn't the Paths and he can't really control where they go either. So they'll stay. ]
I love you too. I never stopped. I just…
[ Wanted to. That's not it, though. He didn't want to stop caring about anyone. He tried to shove that all in a box but alongside his childish selfishness, it was always that he loved them all too much. His love is like this ocean, endless and sinister and all encompassing. ]