[It isn't a thing he would have expected from November. From their previous interactions, from how disaffected he seemed about things most of the time.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org you're not curing anything by trying to ignore it
[But Eren isn't blind. Sometimes people drink to enjoy themselves. Sometimes people drink to distract themselves. He doesn't have the patience for either, when the circumstances are as uncertain as they seem to be right now. It's self-centered. It doesn't actually fix anything.
More pressingly—]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org you're not going to be much good to anyone like that if something happens
[Seems quiet now. But it had seemed quiet before the other station had suddenly kicked into chaos and collapsed around them, too.]
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FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
you're not curing anything by trying to ignore it
[But Eren isn't blind. Sometimes people drink to enjoy themselves. Sometimes people drink to distract themselves. He doesn't have the patience for either, when the circumstances are as uncertain as they seem to be right now. It's self-centered. It doesn't actually fix anything.
More pressingly—]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
you're not going to be much good to anyone like that if something happens
[Seems quiet now. But it had seemed quiet before the other station had suddenly kicked into chaos and collapsed around them, too.]