[They're not in a position to be at each others' throats. That's really not why he's here, anyway. He's here because Annie is his friend, his teacher, and he's not ready to let her go. Because he could ask her a question she could still say "no" and all this could be one big fucking misunderstanding somehow.
"I guess so." He shifts on his feet when she says it.]
You're a shitty liar, Annie.
[No matter how much he'd like to be convinced, she's not very convincing. And because there's no elaborate plan here for him to hold his tongue or play dumb for, he cuts to the chase.]
There was a titan at the drop. [(Technically, there were two.)] Mikasa said it was you.
[Which should be ridiculous. He wasn't incredibly inclined to believe it then, and he's even less inclined to want to do so now, even after the story was corroborated by several of the others. Because he's also been told that the female titan had compromised the expedition, killed their men— Because it wouldn't just mean that she's a titan, (like him,) it would mean that she's a traitor. So what do you have to say for yourself, Annie?]
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"I guess so." He shifts on his feet when she says it.]
You're a shitty liar, Annie.
[No matter how much he'd like to be convinced, she's not very convincing. And because there's no elaborate plan here for him to hold his tongue or play dumb for, he cuts to the chase.]
There was a titan at the drop. [(Technically, there were two.)] Mikasa said it was you.
[Which should be ridiculous. He wasn't incredibly inclined to believe it then, and he's even less inclined to want to do so now, even after the story was corroborated by several of the others. Because he's also been told that the female titan had compromised the expedition, killed their men— Because it wouldn't just mean that she's a titan, (like him,) it would mean that she's a traitor. So what do you have to say for yourself, Annie?]