Eren can go from zero to fight with very little provocation; that much is still true about him, will always be true about him. He's still so pissed at this boy, like he was still so pissed at Reiner. There is no emotional rain to cool him here. There is only his promise to not make things worse, a pact he hasn't actually signed. He told Reiner he would hold true to it, though, for him.
Between his promise to Reiner and his promise to Levi, he won't start a fight unless he has no choice. Anyway, regardless of where they are, he can't take the Colossal in a fight. Bertholdt himself, maybe. But even with the War Hammer…
Hopefully he doesn't have to try, not now and not ever.
When in time are they? What does Bertholdt remember? Is he looking at a boy that he helped kill? Or like Sasha, does he not know any of that yet?
Either way, he doesn't know how much Eren knows. (Just kidding, no one knows how much Eren knows, not even Eren himself.) This is always confusing, but he's more and more used to it. At least with Bertholdt, he feels no need to keep it from him, to spare his feelings. He doesn't just drop the future on people without meaning to (accidental Paths debacle aside), but he keeps knowledge in his pocket as a weapon to wield when he isn't supposed to (allowed to?) fight like he usually would. Maybe this is something Armin is better at doing, but even Armin doesn't know as much as Eren does.
His eyes flick down, catching the movement of Bertholdt's hand into a fist. It doesn't stay like that.
Both of Eren's do, clenched tight enough to hurt. Self-defence, he tells himself. He only draws blood, unseen, nails in flesh, for self-defence. It's a nice half-lie.
Bertholdt isn't like him, he knows, not like Reiner. He's never gone straight to violence the same way. But they are monsters, aren't they? There's always a chance.
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Between his promise to Reiner and his promise to Levi, he won't start a fight unless he has no choice. Anyway, regardless of where they are, he can't take the Colossal in a fight. Bertholdt himself, maybe. But even with the War Hammer…
Hopefully he doesn't have to try, not now and not ever.
When in time are they? What does Bertholdt remember? Is he looking at a boy that he helped kill? Or like Sasha, does he not know any of that yet?
Either way, he doesn't know how much Eren knows. (Just kidding, no one knows how much Eren knows, not even Eren himself.) This is always confusing, but he's more and more used to it. At least with Bertholdt, he feels no need to keep it from him, to spare his feelings. He doesn't just drop the future on people without meaning to (accidental Paths debacle aside), but he keeps knowledge in his pocket as a weapon to wield when he isn't supposed to (allowed to?) fight like he usually would. Maybe this is something Armin is better at doing, but even Armin doesn't know as much as Eren does.
His eyes flick down, catching the movement of Bertholdt's hand into a fist. It doesn't stay like that.
Both of Eren's do, clenched tight enough to hurt. Self-defence, he tells himself. He only draws blood, unseen, nails in flesh, for self-defence. It's a nice half-lie.
Bertholdt isn't like him, he knows, not like Reiner. He's never gone straight to violence the same way. But they are monsters, aren't they? There's always a chance.
"What is?" he asks, blandly as he can manage.