[Reality is a mutable thing; memory endures, despite. These are the principles that provide the foundation of Maruki and Eren's friendship.
[It's more than that, though. It's more than anyone else can understand. Two would-be, could-be, will-be gods with the ability to create anything, to manipulate anything, to do anything - to heal, to save, to destroy, to ruin.
[He knew him in one reality, then another; more, probably.
[Here. Now. It's been four years, or only a few months - maybe only a few minutes, for all Eren knows. Maruki is there, just like he always is. He's a bleeding werewolf hunter in a dead-leaved forest, or a counselor in a familiar office; a familiar face on a family farm, or, maybe, come to think of it, that Marleyian doctor who was kinder than all of the others. What did he look like again?
[And who is Eren? Eren is Eren is Eren, as always, as ever Eren. They are two who exist outside of time, logic, sense. He knows his friend will remember him. He doesn't doubt for a moment.
[He approaches Maruki, older than he was the last time he saw him, or maybe the same age. Maybe Seven was yesterday, or maybe Somnius will be tomorrow.
[Right now, they're here. Eren Jaeger inclines his head toward his old friend.]
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[It's more than that, though. It's more than anyone else can understand. Two would-be, could-be, will-be gods with the ability to create anything, to manipulate anything, to do anything - to heal, to save, to destroy, to ruin.
[He knew him in one reality, then another; more, probably.
[Here. Now. It's been four years, or only a few months - maybe only a few minutes, for all Eren knows. Maruki is there, just like he always is. He's a bleeding werewolf hunter in a dead-leaved forest, or a counselor in a familiar office; a familiar face on a family farm, or, maybe, come to think of it, that Marleyian doctor who was kinder than all of the others. What did he look like again?
[And who is Eren? Eren is Eren is Eren, as always, as ever Eren. They are two who exist outside of time, logic, sense. He knows his friend will remember him. He doesn't doubt for a moment.
[He approaches Maruki, older than he was the last time he saw him, or maybe the same age. Maybe Seven was yesterday, or maybe Somnius will be tomorrow.
[Right now, they're here. Eren Jaeger inclines his head toward his old friend.]
I thought I might run into you.