[ It's strange, being on the other side of things. Being the person who encourages someone to find other ways, instead of the person encouraged. It's strange encouraging Annie toward other things instead of endlessly shoving her toward more violence.
Did Reiner have a choice back then? How much has he wronged Annie, really? He knows that Marco's murder was a strike against her as well, but what else has he done over their many years?
The guilt that begins to gnaw at him (so familiar, taking the blame) stops dead in its tracks as Annie smiles. It makes her look younger, or maybe just freer. Makes her look like a girl who could laugh, not one who has to kill and kill.
Reiner returns the smile, his heart warming. ]
I'll be here to help out every step of the way, [ he promises. ] Bertholdt will, too. I'm sure of that.
[ They were four kids saddled with a mission to save the world. Maybe here, three of them can actually help do that. ]
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Did Reiner have a choice back then? How much has he wronged Annie, really? He knows that Marco's murder was a strike against her as well, but what else has he done over their many years?
The guilt that begins to gnaw at him (so familiar, taking the blame) stops dead in its tracks as Annie smiles. It makes her look younger, or maybe just freer. Makes her look like a girl who could laugh, not one who has to kill and kill.
Reiner returns the smile, his heart warming. ]
I'll be here to help out every step of the way, [ he promises. ] Bertholdt will, too. I'm sure of that.
[ They were four kids saddled with a mission to save the world. Maybe here, three of them can actually help do that. ]