[Armin is used to absorbing impossible information by now, but it still makes his head spin. Of course, Eren would be able to access other realities - more so than anyone, Armin thinks. But he resents that Eren ended up - by choice, or otherwise - in a reality without him.
[What shocks Armin more than anything is that Eren, as Armin last knew him, would open a would-be home and food to someone he barely knew. Armin knew an Eren once that might have done something like that, but even then, kindness was always reserved for the people Eren loved most. He believed that The Rumbling was a kindness too, but Armin knows, now, that that isn't all.
[His best friend is a walking contradiction. Of course it doesn't make sense. Nothing with Eren does.
[What Maruki relays to Armin next - that makes sense. It makes sense because Armin knows exactly how their bond feels. He'd wondered, only briefly - and he hates himself for it now - if Eren's love for him had faded. Eren proved a thousand times over that it was always as strong as it had ever been.
[At long last, Armin's eyes well with tears. His nose makes a funny shape - he tries so hard to hold it all in. He can't speak. It's too dangerous. But he has to, doesn't he? How couldn't he, to something like that.]
We're not meant for this. [His jaw trembles, mouth open, the words having left, but an emptiness as to what to say next.
[Armin shrugs, miserable. He sucks in a gasp that's meant to be a sob; shrugs again.]
no subject
[What shocks Armin more than anything is that Eren, as Armin last knew him, would open a would-be home and food to someone he barely knew. Armin knew an Eren once that might have done something like that, but even then, kindness was always reserved for the people Eren loved most. He believed that The Rumbling was a kindness too, but Armin knows, now, that that isn't all.
[His best friend is a walking contradiction. Of course it doesn't make sense. Nothing with Eren does.
[What Maruki relays to Armin next - that makes sense. It makes sense because Armin knows exactly how their bond feels. He'd wondered, only briefly - and he hates himself for it now - if Eren's love for him had faded. Eren proved a thousand times over that it was always as strong as it had ever been.
[At long last, Armin's eyes well with tears. His nose makes a funny shape - he tries so hard to hold it all in. He can't speak. It's too dangerous. But he has to, doesn't he? How couldn't he, to something like that.]
We're not meant for this. [His jaw trembles, mouth open, the words having left, but an emptiness as to what to say next.
[Armin shrugs, miserable. He sucks in a gasp that's meant to be a sob; shrugs again.]
We're not meant to be apart. We're not.