Eren watches Reiner's reaction to him, not entirely sure what he's thinking. Well, he can guess some of it, because obviously he thinks the same thing. It's not like they can pretend that shit in the alleyway didn't happen.
It's not like Eren wants to forget. On his long list of things he regrets, that's not really one of them. Shouldn't have done it, sure, but regret worthy? Nah.
He frowns a little at the answer because what is a level? What does that mean in this context? You have to pay to keep going even if you win? The hell… He knows less about video games than he thought. He'll have to ask Nagi later. Nagi knows about video games.
What is he even doing here? Why did he stop? He could have walked away when he realised it was a game, not a threat. He only sees Reiner as a threat because of the time difference anyway; older Reiner wouldn't read the same to him, though…well, they'd always been enemies. There was never a time they were truly on the same side. Whether that matters now or not, he can't be sure. It still matters to Reiner in a way it doesn't need to matter to Eren.
"Reiner," he says. "We should talk." He holds up both hands, clean, not bleeding, a weird reflection of another time that he's lived and Reiner hasn't where his hand drips with blood and Liberio pays for it. Obviously they both know it could change in a heartbeat. He'll tear this whole place down if it comes to it. It's just not in his plans to do so today.
He lowers his hands again. "Come on. There's a ramen place I saw. Have you tried ramen?"
He knows that they can't be normal. He's not even sure he wants to be. It's a lot more fun if they aren't, in some ways. But there are things he wants to know and he can't get them without just asking. Doing it over something normal like food seems like an okay idea.
He can antagonise Reiner later, whatever. No one said he had to be consistent.
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It's not like Eren wants to forget. On his long list of things he regrets, that's not really one of them. Shouldn't have done it, sure, but regret worthy? Nah.
He frowns a little at the answer because what is a level? What does that mean in this context? You have to pay to keep going even if you win? The hell… He knows less about video games than he thought. He'll have to ask Nagi later. Nagi knows about video games.
What is he even doing here? Why did he stop? He could have walked away when he realised it was a game, not a threat. He only sees Reiner as a threat because of the time difference anyway; older Reiner wouldn't read the same to him, though…well, they'd always been enemies. There was never a time they were truly on the same side. Whether that matters now or not, he can't be sure. It still matters to Reiner in a way it doesn't need to matter to Eren.
"Reiner," he says. "We should talk." He holds up both hands, clean, not bleeding, a weird reflection of another time that he's lived and Reiner hasn't where his hand drips with blood and Liberio pays for it. Obviously they both know it could change in a heartbeat. He'll tear this whole place down if it comes to it. It's just not in his plans to do so today.
He lowers his hands again. "Come on. There's a ramen place I saw. Have you tried ramen?"
He knows that they can't be normal. He's not even sure he wants to be. It's a lot more fun if they aren't, in some ways. But there are things he wants to know and he can't get them without just asking. Doing it over something normal like food seems like an okay idea.
He can antagonise Reiner later, whatever. No one said he had to be consistent.