[She wonders what it would be like to be in a situation like Erens. They're not entirely dissimilar, but her unique powers are largely seen as something to respect and protect, not something to fear and control.]
FROM: korra@cdc.org Well, she kind of flipped her lid when she saw water all over the rover
But it was probably because we were kind of throwing it
[Ok, so it's not totally a mystery why Petra wasn't pleased when she got to the rover. Korra doesn't have any beefs about that, but man, the lady has a set of pipes.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org why would she be? you're supposed to be living together. fighting and messing things up isn't going to do any good.
[And Petra's always been a big advocate of teamwork, trust. Having a military perspective is sort of different, maybe. Even back in training, Eren and Jean would bicker, but they'd still get their jobs done.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org she just told you to cut it out
[What's the big deal? Child soldier maturity levels vary greatly and strangely. And in this, she sort of sounds like a kid to him.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org if we got caught screwing around like that we'd get punishment detail for days
[Back in training, anyway. He can't even imagine anyone screwing around like that in front of Levi. But Shadis had been quick enough to hand out swift punishments. Laps for hours, cleaning the mess they'd made, probably gone without dinner to boot. (Because their instructors seemed to believe that if you've got the energy left to let off steam, you're not working hard enough.)]
[Alright, Mr. Serious, you have a point there but if Korra sounds like a kid to him, he sounds like an old man to her.]
FROM: korra@cdc.org Come on. Haven't you ever goofed around? Broken any rules?
[She realizes the world he comes from has some pretty dire circumstances and he especially wasn't allowed much of a normal childhood, but they were still kids. They had to have snuck out past curfew, or not made their bed right or something.]
[Sure he has. Eren's chronically serious, bad at relaxing, sort of a hardass about the things that matter. But he's also a teenaged boy with a questionable grip on his temper and his impulses and his mouth. Making mistakes and goofing off and cutting loose are things that happen.
(But less so, lately. Training seems a long time ago, now. He remembers heading off to the nearby town with Reiner and Armin and something bitter gathers behind his teeth.)]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org I wouldn't act surprised if someone called me out on it
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org Petra's not an asshole or anything
[If she was being scary, she probably had a reason to be.]
[Scary isn't always a bad thing. If Korra thought everyone who ever yelled at her was an asshole, there'd be a lot more assholes in the world. She'd save that sort of label for people who truly deserve it, like Tarrlok, or the CDC.]
FROM: korra@cdc.org You must like her a lot, huh?
[He was pretty defensive of her, right off of the bat, immediately assuming that Korra was in the wrong and all. (Or maybe he just knows Korra well enough by now.)]
[A little of both, maybe. He probably knows Korra best of anyone in the CDC who didn't come from behind the Walls. He's already spoken pretty highly of Petra's sills. (And it's hard not to be defensive of someone when you're the reason they'd died.)
There's a pause before he texts her back. Maybe if there wasn't the extra filter of typing he'd say something a little more enlightening. But for now—]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org I trust her
[That's the crux of it. It got her killed. He knows, logically, that it was Annie's doing. But he still feels plenty of responsibility for the choices he'd made in the forest.]
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FROM: korra@cdc.org
Well, she kind of flipped her lid when she saw water all over the rover
But it was probably because we were kind of throwing it
[Ok, so it's not totally a mystery why Petra wasn't pleased when she got to the rover. Korra doesn't have any beefs about that, but man, the lady has a set of pipes.]
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FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
throwing it?
[He's seen the sort of things she can do with water. But in the rover. . .?]
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I got into a tiny fight with a rovermate.
it wasn't a big deal, really.
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she broke it up?
[Sounds about right.]
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Yeah.
She wasn't very happy.
[What's a little water fight among acquaintances?]
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FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
why would she be? you're supposed to be living together. fighting and messing things up isn't going to do any good.
[And Petra's always been a big advocate of teamwork, trust. Having a military perspective is sort of different, maybe. Even back in training, Eren and Jean would bicker, but they'd still get their jobs done.]
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FROM: korra@cdc.org
We were letting off some steam!
It's not like we wrecked everything.
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FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
she just told you to cut it out
[What's the big deal? Child soldier maturity levels vary greatly and strangely. And in this, she sort of sounds like a kid to him.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
if we got caught screwing around like that we'd get punishment detail for days
[Back in training, anyway. He can't even imagine anyone screwing around like that in front of Levi. But Shadis had been quick enough to hand out swift punishments. Laps for hours, cleaning the mess they'd made, probably gone without dinner to boot. (Because their instructors seemed to believe that if you've got the energy left to let off steam, you're not working hard enough.)]
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FROM: korra@cdc.org
Come on. Haven't you ever goofed around? Broken any rules?
[She realizes the world he comes from has some pretty dire circumstances and he especially wasn't allowed much of a normal childhood, but they were still kids. They had to have snuck out past curfew, or not made their bed right or something.]
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(But less so, lately. Training seems a long time ago, now. He remembers heading off to the nearby town with Reiner and Armin and something bitter gathers behind his teeth.)]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
I wouldn't act surprised if someone called me out on it
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
Petra's not an asshole or anything
[If she was being scary, she probably had a reason to be.]
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I know, I know
[Scary isn't always a bad thing. If Korra thought everyone who ever yelled at her was an asshole, there'd be a lot more assholes in the world. She'd save that sort of label for people who truly deserve it, like Tarrlok, or the CDC.]
FROM: korra@cdc.org
You must like her a lot, huh?
[He was pretty defensive of her, right off of the bat, immediately assuming that Korra was in the wrong and all. (Or maybe he just knows Korra well enough by now.)]
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There's a pause before he texts her back. Maybe if there wasn't the extra filter of typing he'd say something a little more enlightening. But for now—]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
I trust her
[That's the crux of it. It got her killed. He knows, logically, that it was Annie's doing. But he still feels plenty of responsibility for the choices he'd made in the forest.]