[ Reiner huffs out a half-laugh at that, appreciating her irritation on his behalf. It makes it easier, somehow, to admit: ]
You know, he really was.
[ To scream in a child's face like that… To call your own son such things, after all Reiner had done just to meet him… It's taken a long time for Reiner to realize what a cruel man his father was. (Is? Did he survive the attack on Liberio?) Annie's sympathy helps to solidify it.
He shakes his head. ]
The good news is that I don't look like him.
[ Not much. In build, yes. But in face, he's very much his mother's son. ]
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You know, he really was.
[ To scream in a child's face like that… To call your own son such things, after all Reiner had done just to meet him… It's taken a long time for Reiner to realize what a cruel man his father was. (Is? Did he survive the attack on Liberio?) Annie's sympathy helps to solidify it.
He shakes his head. ]
The good news is that I don't look like him.
[ Not much. In build, yes. But in face, he's very much his mother's son. ]