[ In all fairness, he had no idea when in time she was from and just assumed. But it puts some perspective on it: she isn't dead, though obviously meeting him she knows she will be. There's only one way to lose a titan, after all. ]
Locking Eldians behind cages and walls isn't justice. The people alive now are not responsible for the sins of their ancestors no matter where they're from.
[ He can't help his outlook any more than she can; they're both products of their environment, though she's literally influenced by Karl Fritz and Eren is only influenced by his own mad crusade for freedom and destruction. (Or maybe that's debatable, with all the memories in his head. Who knows.) ]
You can't be a traitor to a place you were never loyal to.
[ Still that animosity. ]
My father took the Founding Titan to liberate Eldians from Marley. He gave it to me.
[ There's some question about who is responsible for what in that situation, but obviously he's not going to get into it. Besides, Grisha's choices were influenced by Eren, but not set in stone by Eren. His father made his own choices long before Eren was born that led them to the now inevitable end of everything.
He shoves his hands in his pockets, still balled in fists because he can't relax. ]
I can't just sit and let them wipe us out. The Attack Titan has always existed to fight for freedom, even against the Founder. And now I have both.
[ He also has the War Hammer but why would he say that! ]
As long as we're here, none of it matters. I'm not even sure how we reach this place here. The last time I did, it was…worse.
[ An understatement.
He tries to cool his temper. Frieda can't help but be brainwashed, especially here. He knows that. He escapes from it by not being of royal blood. He assumes Historia would likewise be affected; he knows Frieda once believed in freedom for Eldians, too.
He can accept what Reiner and the other warriors did, because he gets why. The Reiss family…it's harder to accept them, ready to die behind walls, ready to sacrifice their own people.
He imagines Zeke would have a field day with this, Zeke and his slower genocide. ]
Our world is a special kind of hell. Most people don't deserve that hell. I don’t have any plans to ever go back there. We're better off in Ellipsa.
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Locking Eldians behind cages and walls isn't justice. The people alive now are not responsible for the sins of their ancestors no matter where they're from.
[ He can't help his outlook any more than she can; they're both products of their environment, though she's literally influenced by Karl Fritz and Eren is only influenced by his own mad crusade for freedom and destruction. (Or maybe that's debatable, with all the memories in his head. Who knows.) ]
You can't be a traitor to a place you were never loyal to.
[ Still that animosity. ]
My father took the Founding Titan to liberate Eldians from Marley. He gave it to me.
[ There's some question about who is responsible for what in that situation, but obviously he's not going to get into it. Besides, Grisha's choices were influenced by Eren, but not set in stone by Eren. His father made his own choices long before Eren was born that led them to the now inevitable end of everything.
He shoves his hands in his pockets, still balled in fists because he can't relax. ]
I can't just sit and let them wipe us out. The Attack Titan has always existed to fight for freedom, even against the Founder. And now I have both.
[ He also has the War Hammer but why would he say that! ]
As long as we're here, none of it matters. I'm not even sure how we reach this place here. The last time I did, it was…worse.
[ An understatement.
He tries to cool his temper. Frieda can't help but be brainwashed, especially here. He knows that. He escapes from it by not being of royal blood. He assumes Historia would likewise be affected; he knows Frieda once believed in freedom for Eldians, too.
He can accept what Reiner and the other warriors did, because he gets why. The Reiss family…it's harder to accept them, ready to die behind walls, ready to sacrifice their own people.
He imagines Zeke would have a field day with this, Zeke and his slower genocide. ]
Our world is a special kind of hell. Most people don't deserve that hell. I don’t have any plans to ever go back there. We're better off in Ellipsa.