[More pride than you'd think. Armin never took help he didn't need, even from Eren or Mikasa.
That said, just what are you insinuating, Ino. There's a pause before he answers. (Not least because thinking too hard about his father still makes his temples pound and his gut clench and he doesn't know why.)]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org it was better than letting 'em get away with it
[That's a "yes." Far more frequently, before Mikasa came along. But he'll take a few bruises over an injustice any day. (In some ways, it's a bitter thing to talk about. It doesn't excuse the things they did, but he's aware that some of his neighborhood adversaries never made it out of Shiganshina. And that is also an injustice, a far greater one, and those responsible haven't paid for it.)]
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That said, just what are you insinuating, Ino. There's a pause before he answers. (Not least because thinking too hard about his father still makes his temples pound and his gut clench and he doesn't know why.)]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
it was better than letting 'em get away with it
[That's a "yes." Far more frequently, before Mikasa came along. But he'll take a few bruises over an injustice any day. (In some ways, it's a bitter thing to talk about. It doesn't excuse the things they did, but he's aware that some of his neighborhood adversaries never made it out of Shiganshina. And that is also an injustice, a far greater one, and those responsible haven't paid for it.)]