[He follows, steadily. (And where Amber watches the horizon, the stars, Eren watches the water. The sort of impossible expanse he'd only dreamed of seeing for years and years. Finally get to see that sort of thing with his own eyes, and it's the wrong planet, the wrong reasons.)
He looks back over at her. People have never been his strong suit, but he's missing something in this conversation.]
What d'you mean?
[That she wasn't protecting him back then. If ever she'd wanted to do it (she'd insisted, just seconds ago) it would have been then. She'd stopped the harpies from moving at Mach-5 speeds, stilled the tentacles long enough for him to get a strike in. Right now, she's walking along the beach with him. It definitely feels far more the other way around.]
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He looks back over at her. People have never been his strong suit, but he's missing something in this conversation.]
What d'you mean?
[That she wasn't protecting him back then. If ever she'd wanted to do it (she'd insisted, just seconds ago) it would have been then. She'd stopped the harpies from moving at Mach-5 speeds, stilled the tentacles long enough for him to get a strike in. Right now, she's walking along the beach with him. It definitely feels far more the other way around.]