Eren tilts his head just a little, considering. Unlike him, unlike Reiner, Bertholdt doesn't jump into battle at the slightest provocation. They'd probably all be dead if he did. Knowing enough of what Bertholdt is like, Eren chooses to believe him. It isn't the same as won't fight. Just like what Eren said, they'll both throw down if they have to. Eren is still easy to provoke, deal or no deal.

For now, that unsteady truce holds.

"I don’t know. Anyone can disappear from this place without warning. Death here doesn't matter, seems like. I knew that before I ran into you. All we can do is move forward for as long as we're allowed to."

Eren learned that idea from Reiner, but these are still Eren's words, his stubbornness. He never liked admitting they have no choices, but this is out of their control. Bertholdt will stay or he won't.

Eren can't find Armin's sort of freeing nihilism. Armin realising nothing they did mattered had been eye opening for him. Eren can't do that. He so desperately wants everything to matter here and now, where the future remains unknown and unseen by him.

"You're here now," he finally says with a shrug. "It's up to you what to do with it."