[ That's precisely why Amber really really likes Mikasa. She understands the need, absolute and unshakable, to protect another person at any and all cost. It doesn't matter how strong they are or how much they despise being protected or how many others would have to die in their stead. ]
The other day, I wasn't protecting you.
[ Now she is, when they are the ones walking toward the outskirts of camp until they reach the shoreline. It would probably work just as well to walk a few meters away from the water, but where's the fun in that? She gestures for Eren to follow when she walks on to where the waves lap at the sand, stopping just short of letting the water get over and into her boots, even as she feels herself slowly sinking into the damp sand. Her eyes are on the horizon that's near invisible in the dark, if not for the array of stars above and the pitch black of the sea below.
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The other day, I wasn't protecting you.
[ Now she is, when they are the ones walking toward the outskirts of camp until they reach the shoreline. It would probably work just as well to walk a few meters away from the water, but where's the fun in that? She gestures for Eren to follow when she walks on to where the waves lap at the sand, stopping just short of letting the water get over and into her boots, even as she feels herself slowly sinking into the damp sand. Her eyes are on the horizon that's near invisible in the dark, if not for the array of stars above and the pitch black of the sea below.
Amber sighs, content. ]