[Ah, that might explain it. Jean had needled him on Selena about what Mikasa likes to do in her spare time. The learning Japanese thing had come up eventually.]
[so, yes. Jean hounded Eren for gift ideas for you, Mikasa. It had been sort of surprising, but the CDC subsection of the Corps has gotten pretty tight knit. (And it's not like Mikasa would have gotten it for herself...)]
[Surprised Jean got her anything or surprised he got her something she actually likes...]
you should read it
[She'd always listened to Armin and Eren's dreams about the world outside, but she'd hardly pursued the matter on her own. This, though. Unless he'd gotten it wrong, it's something she's actually interested in, seeks out. (And this may be him trying to encourage that—pursuing her own interests, things she does for her own sake.)]
[ She will. Even if it's a waste of time because it's a world none of them will ever see, and she knows. Eren and Armin might've had dreams, but she doesn't really believe in hers. But she'll read, and practice a language that isn't really hers, even if it won't make the slightest difference. ]
[Oh my god don't thank him, Mikasa, he didn't even buy it for you. . . ????
(She should read it. She won't have to do it alone. Hange had given him a book of his own that would be a particularly bittersweet read without Armin around. So the next time she's sitting in her bunk with a book he'll settle in shoulder to shoulder with her. A pair of them bowed over a pair of heretic books and missing a very important third.)]
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it was probably Jean
[Why didn't he just give it to her...]
he didn't leave a note or something
[What a dumbass.]
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Jean? [
who?]He didn't. Why would he leave a book outside?
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don't ask me
he could have just given it to you after bugging me about it so much
[what a lazy ass. he seemed very invested??? but then he just leaves it outside the door ok jean]
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[ what if one day these two got a due ]
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he's a pain in the ass
[so, yes. Jean hounded Eren for gift ideas for you, Mikasa. It had been sort of surprising, but the CDC subsection of the Corps has gotten pretty tight knit. (And it's not like Mikasa would have gotten it for herself...)]
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[ that's a confused response (because what is she even meant to make of that), but feel free to interpret it as a disappointed one. ]
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After a pause—]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
you don't want it?
[Well, they tried. (Believe it or not, Mikasa, you're sort of hard to shop for.)]
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you should read it
[She'd always listened to Armin and Eren's dreams about the world outside, but she'd hardly pursued the matter on her own. This, though. Unless he'd gotten it wrong, it's something she's actually interested in, seeks out. (And this may be him trying to encourage that—pursuing her own interests, things she does for her own sake.)]
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Thanks.
[ She will. Even if it's a waste of time because it's a world none of them will ever see, and she knows. Eren and Armin might've had dreams, but she doesn't really believe in hers. But she'll read, and practice a language that isn't really hers, even if it won't make the slightest difference. ]
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(She should read it. She won't have to do it alone. Hange had given him a book of his own that would be a particularly bittersweet read without Armin around. So the next time she's sitting in her bunk with a book he'll settle in shoulder to shoulder with her. A pair of them bowed over a pair of heretic books and missing a very important third.)]