[It takes a while for the answer to come. Because this is something he's been turning over in his head quite a bit. D'Artaganan had warned him on the Neheda, that the next planet they were going to be dropped onto was a "class A." That there would be creatures (people.) living on it that were far more human than the shai had been.
They didn't look anything close to human. But the attackers near the canal had wielded spears.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
it's not the same at all
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
there were just monsters on ajna
[As far as most any recruit knew, even the shai were just animals. Mindless.]
the people who attacked us here used weapons to do it
Your job isn't to justify the policies of the CDC to everyone, Eren. None of us will be comfortable with it either way and it's a waste of time to do so.
But you owe it to the people who are waiting for you to return to do good in this recent venture. There is a war back home that won't just be ended by blind trust, and it is time we think about the future than remain consistently angry about our present situation.
[stay alive. protect the crew. carry out your duties whether you approve of genocide or not. get stronger. those are the only important goals that, as far as erwin is concerned, eren should have. he has to be stronger when he gets home, so that when the time comes that erwin asks him to go on that mission with levi, he will be prepared.
he hopes, with everything in him, that he will be prepared.]
[The problem is, he is consistently angry with the situation. He doesn't know how to be anything less.
But this is not the only reminder he's getting, today. That it's not about him.
An answer is a while in coming. Then.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org sir.
[Stay alive. Protect the crew. Get stronger. (Get home.) There are too many lives hinging on him. Too many given up already so that he can keep fighting. (And is he supposed to chalk the Neraki up to that as well? There's a world of difference.)
He can't accept this as a defeat. He can't find a way out of it on his own.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org then what do we do
all the icons nu made for me and i end up repeating two of them .... god
You're a soldier of humanity, Eren. You know what you have to do.
But it bears reminding now and then, that from where the Survey Corps is standing in this organization, we have a lot to lose.
Until a better solution presents itself, a careful compromise has to be made between your morals and the situation at hand.
In time, perhaps history will remember us as the most ruthless soldiers of humanity, willing to kill to protect what we value the most. Is that the right way of doing it? Is it the wrong way?
I can't tell you that. I doubt anyone can give you the assurances you need. But I will say this: from the time I've been a trainee to the time I've become Commander, hundreds and thousands of people have died
in an attempt to save humanity.
I will not allow anyone to add more to that number. And none of us will, or should.
[whether it be intergalactic organizations pissed off at their performances or not.]
Edited (erwin smith, enemy of character limits everywhere) 2015-02-17 09:41 (UTC)
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and to the second - ]
What do you think of them?
You were in Ajna before. How would you compare this species to the ones you've seen in the other planet?
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They didn't look anything close to human. But the attackers near the canal had wielded spears.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
it's not the same at all
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
there were just monsters on ajna
[As far as most any recruit knew, even the shai were just animals. Mindless.]
the people who attacked us here used weapons to do it
[People.]
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If we follow this progression from planet to planet .... it won't be inconceivable to meet a species that is exactly like us.
Are you prepared for that?
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His teeth grit. He takes a minute.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
we'd be there to wipe them out
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It's unfortunate, but the price we pay for protecting our world is the destruction of countless others, for one reason or another.
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FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
that's fucked up
[...Sir.]
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But you owe it to the people who are waiting for you to return to do good in this recent venture. There is a war back home that won't just be ended by blind trust, and it is time we think about the future than remain consistently angry about our present situation.
[stay alive. protect the crew. carry out your duties whether you approve of genocide or not. get stronger. those are the only important goals that, as far as erwin is concerned, eren should have. he has to be stronger when he gets home, so that when the time comes that erwin asks him to go on that mission with levi, he will be prepared.
he hopes, with everything in him, that he will be prepared.]
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But this is not the only reminder he's getting, today. That it's not about him.
An answer is a while in coming. Then.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
sir.
[Stay alive. Protect the crew. Get stronger. (Get home.) There are too many lives hinging on him. Too many given up already so that he can keep fighting. (And is he supposed to chalk the Neraki up to that as well? There's a world of difference.)
He can't accept this as a defeat. He can't find a way out of it on his own.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
then what do we do
all the icons nu made for me and i end up repeating two of them .... god
But it bears reminding now and then, that from where the Survey Corps is standing in this organization, we have a lot to lose.
Until a better solution presents itself, a careful compromise has to be made between your morals and the situation at hand.
In time, perhaps history will remember us as the most ruthless soldiers of humanity, willing to kill to protect what we value the most. Is that the right way of doing it? Is it the wrong way?
I can't tell you that. I doubt anyone can give you the assurances you need. But I will say this: from the time I've been a trainee to the time I've become Commander, hundreds and thousands of people have died
in an attempt to save humanity.
I will not allow anyone to add more to that number. And none of us will, or should.
[whether it be intergalactic organizations pissed off at their performances or not.]