[ He'll do what he wants, don't stifle him. And he's given gifts in the past, just not to Eren—can you imagine? That might give people the impression they're like, friends or something. It'd ruin their street cred. ]
FROM: kirstein.jean@cdc.org Thanks
[ —so what now? He hates this part. Even with the buffer of text (and being left completely in the dark, in Eren's case), it feels like some kind of eulogy; Jean's always sounded like a dead man walking, but this is different. Still, it doesn't take too long for him to shoot off one last message. It's pretty simple to come up with once he stops (over)thinking and goes back to the tried and true route of honesty. And all their past, petty differences aside, lately the truth of it was— ]
FROM: kirstein.jean@cdc.org Counting on you, Eren
[ Seems a little much for simple package delivery. But hey—maybe it's more than that. ]
It's a little much for a simple package delivery. Even with the buffer of text, it's strangely serious. And as derailed as this conversation's gotten, he's still chewing on what he's supposed to do with Jean's weirdly abrupt warning (his weirdly abrupt request.) Those last four words—counting on you, Eren—call back to another time and another place and it picks at the edges of his attention. His jaw locks, he frowns down at the message for a few long seconds. A little slowly—]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org Yeah. Sure.
[It's weird. Whatever's going on, he'd rather figure this out face to face anyway. So.]
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FROM: kirstein.jean@cdc.org
Thanks
[ —so what now? He hates this part. Even with the buffer of text (and being left completely in the dark, in Eren's case), it feels like some kind of eulogy; Jean's always sounded like a dead man walking, but this is different. Still, it doesn't take too long for him to shoot off one last message. It's pretty simple to come up with once he stops (over)thinking and goes back to the tried and true route of honesty. And all their past, petty differences aside, lately the truth of it was— ]
FROM: kirstein.jean@cdc.org
Counting on you, Eren
[ Seems a little much for simple package delivery. But hey—maybe it's more than that. ]
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It's a little much for a simple package delivery. Even with the buffer of text, it's strangely serious. And as derailed as this conversation's gotten, he's still chewing on what he's supposed to do with Jean's weirdly abrupt warning (his weirdly abrupt request.) Those last four words—counting on you, Eren—call back to another time and another place and it picks at the edges of his attention. His jaw locks, he frowns down at the message for a few long seconds. A little slowly—]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
Yeah. Sure.
[It's weird. Whatever's going on, he'd rather figure this out face to face anyway. So.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
I'll see you around.