FROM: kirstein.jean@cdc.org I'm sorry the numbers went over your head I'll try and make it easier next time
[ whatever his scales are perfect, it's not his fault if eren can't seem to appreciate them properly.
though on a more serious note, there's a reason he's sending out so many messages. of the people from home, there were remarkably few people he'd recognized. which meant they'd fallen into the wide, wide ocean and drowned, or landed somewhere else.
the odds of one to the other are discomforting. ]
FROM: kirstein.jean@cdc.org only person who got dropped with me was commander hange you?
He's a little surprised that Eren would mention Reiner as well, but he sets aside the mixed feelings for now. The odd, tense sentiment it brings can wait. ]
FROM: kirstein.jean@cdc.org Marco and Sasha are okay too
[ So, as unlikely as it is— ]
FROM: kirstein.jean@cdc.org Looks like we all made it
they came at me and korra before we knew they were there
[Which means either they were ignorant and just that wary of strangers, or they know what it is the CDC is here for. Neither one of those is really a good option.]
[ Thankfully, he's talked to Korra too. But. It's not a comforting answer either way. Because the planet's fighting back (and somehow, even with them at the other end of the spears, he can't fault it for that). ]
FROM: kirstein.jean@cdc.org off to a good start with the locals then
FROM: kirstein.jean@cdc.org this is going to be rough
[To one or both of those. He's already gotten reprimands from several sides for voicing his opinions on the matter. Luckily, he probably doesn't have to bother wasting his time typing them out to Jean.]
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No, shut up he's fine, you're not his real mom.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
there's nothing wrong with my face, asshole
[(good to hear from you, too.)]
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FROM: kirstein.jean@cdc.org
that's not a number, dumbass
[ (but a response at all would've sufficed.) ]
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FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
your last scale was fucking stupid
[You ranked getting stepped on by a titan as lower than Eren regrowing his legs, he doesn't trust your numbers.
But.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
you seen anyone else
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I'm sorry the numbers went over your head I'll try and make it easier next time
[ whatever his scales are perfect, it's not his fault if eren can't seem to appreciate them properly.
though on a more serious note, there's a reason he's sending out so many messages. of the people from home, there were remarkably few people he'd recognized. which meant they'd fallen into the wide, wide ocean and drowned, or landed somewhere else.
the odds of one to the other are discomforting. ]
FROM: kirstein.jean@cdc.org
only person who got dropped with me was commander hange
you?
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FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
the Captain
[And, after a slightly aggravated pause.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
Reiner
[That's about it. Though—]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
heard from Commander Erwin and Mikasa already
[And Hange, but Jean's already covered her.]
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He's a little surprised that Eren would mention Reiner as well, but he sets aside the mixed feelings for now. The odd, tense sentiment it brings can wait. ]
FROM: kirstein.jean@cdc.org
Marco and Sasha are okay too
[ So, as unlikely as it is— ]
FROM: kirstein.jean@cdc.org
Looks like we all made it
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It is—almost universally—good news. And because he's spoken to Mikasa about her drop but not Hange—]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
where'd you end up
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water bug titan
[ the curse of never getting away from abnormally huge maneating things, alas ]
FROM: kirstein.jean@cdc.org
were you butterflies, or arrows?
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FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
butterflies.
[At least he doesn't have to explain that whole mess. And.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
and spears I guess. we got attacked while crossing the water
[For the record, he's not talking about the butterflies anymore.]
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funny as the idea of butterflies with spears could be— ]
FROM: kirstein.jean@cdc.org
by the natives?
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yeah
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
they came at me and korra before we knew they were there
[Which means either they were ignorant and just that wary of strangers, or they know what it is the CDC is here for. Neither one of those is really a good option.]
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FROM: kirstein.jean@cdc.org
off to a good start with the locals then
FROM: kirstein.jean@cdc.org
this is going to be rough
[ For more than one reason. ]
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FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
yeah
[To one or both of those. He's already gotten reprimands from several sides for voicing his opinions on the matter. Luckily, he probably doesn't have to bother wasting his time typing them out to Jean.]
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(In truth, they probably aren't so different from his own.) ]
FROM: kirstein.jean@cdc.org
someone's already told you not to do anything dumb right
FROM: kirstein.jean@cdc.org
just in case
FROM: kirstein.jean@cdc.org
don't do anything dumb
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FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
I'm not stupid
[That's a yes. Several someones, in fact, in varying shades of directness. Jean being one very particular end of that spectrum.
But he's not. Stupid. So. After a pause, less aggressively.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
I know
[What's at stake.]