[He's not expecting it. Eren isn't a good liar, really - he's just long been in the position of knowing how every piece will move. You can accomplish nearly anything if you can control every string, and thus far, he's been able to.
[Except for that one - his one and only blind spot. His friends were left with their freedom - Eren knew that that would naturally lead them all to a battle, but as far as that battle ends, he only knew of his own fate...
["The ones left that are closest to your heart are alive and well."
[How many of them? Armin and Mikasa, surely, but what about the rest of them? Jean, Connie, Captain Levi - even Annie, Reiner...
[He feels too human. He realizes his face isn't locked into its cold, even mask. His teeth are gritting, gaze tensed into a glare, but it isn't angry - anxious, uncertain, untethered; he finds that his hand is gripping his heart--
[Drops his arm. Swallows his expression. Tries to steady the racing of his heart.
[But his words to Akira are sharp; he can't hide the urgency.]
What else? [If he even knows. Eren wants to take the fortune-teller by his throat, shake him down for anything more - absolutely anything--
[It could be a lie, but if it isn't true, then how would this stranger know those words? Eldia...
[He managed to break the curse too, then. That's less of a surprise.]
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[Except for that one - his one and only blind spot. His friends were left with their freedom - Eren knew that that would naturally lead them all to a battle, but as far as that battle ends, he only knew of his own fate...
["The ones left that are closest to your heart are alive and well."
[How many of them? Armin and Mikasa, surely, but what about the rest of them? Jean, Connie, Captain Levi - even Annie, Reiner...
[He feels too human. He realizes his face isn't locked into its cold, even mask. His teeth are gritting, gaze tensed into a glare, but it isn't angry - anxious, uncertain, untethered; he finds that his hand is gripping his heart--
[Drops his arm. Swallows his expression. Tries to steady the racing of his heart.
[But his words to Akira are sharp; he can't hide the urgency.]
What else? [If he even knows. Eren wants to take the fortune-teller by his throat, shake him down for anything more - absolutely anything--
[It could be a lie, but if it isn't true, then how would this stranger know those words? Eldia...
[He managed to break the curse too, then. That's less of a surprise.]
What are the names?