[As much as he chafes against it, the best way to get Eren to cooperate with something he doesn't like is to get him to understand why it might be necessary. So as unhappy as he is with the conversation, it means a lot that she's willing to have it. (As a superior officer and de facto Commander in Erwin's absence, she doesn't technically have to.)
Still, this is somewhat more drastic a disconnect than usual. It's complicated in a few ways. Goes against the grain of him in others. He's radio silent for a while. Long enough to be worrying, maybe.
After several long minutes, carefully, as if typing it is just as difficult:]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
Yes ma'am. I will agree to a ceasefire if they will.
[If they break their word then all bets are off. But he can try. In effect, a ceasefire's not all that different from what they've been doing for the past few weeks already. It's still hard. He's supposed to believe they'll hold up their end of the bargain. But he hadn't wanted to believe they were traitors, didn't want to doubt them in the first place, and he'd been wrong. But he does want to believe in Hange, and in the rest of the Corps, and with the CDC breathing down their necks and holding humanity hostage against them, he doesn't have any better options. If she thinks this is the right thing to do—for the Corps, for humanity—then for now...he can try.]
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Still, this is somewhat more drastic a disconnect than usual. It's complicated in a few ways. Goes against the grain of him in others. He's radio silent for a while. Long enough to be worrying, maybe.
After several long minutes, carefully, as if typing it is just as difficult:]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
Yes ma'am. I will agree to a ceasefire if they will.
[If they break their word then all bets are off. But he can try. In effect, a ceasefire's not all that different from what they've been doing for the past few weeks already. It's still hard. He's supposed to believe they'll hold up their end of the bargain. But he hadn't wanted to believe they were traitors, didn't want to doubt them in the first place, and he'd been wrong. But he does want to believe in Hange, and in the rest of the Corps, and with the CDC breathing down their necks and holding humanity hostage against them, he doesn't have any better options. If she thinks this is the right thing to do—for the Corps, for humanity—then for now...he can try.]