[The facility is big—bigger and more established than any other rendezvous or CDC supply they've been given on a mission, and he's still working at figuring out what it means.
It's also only so big. What it means right now is that even if he doesn't answer her message, it's quick work to push past the low buzz of busy and unfamiliar CDC personnel to the gates to test her theory. And he does, leaning against the side of the facility and facing the dam, frowning down into the new red light of his cuff as he skims through Honey's list again to make sense of it.]
[ Routine is a good way to keep one's sanity in a place where nothing ever stays the same. Comrades come and go. Some die, others transferred to more perilous assignments and new faces arrive every other week. Even the Instructors aren't here to stay. Amber wouldn't admit that Armada's wordless departure was troubling. No, not upsetting. Let's settle at troubling.
She doesn't slow her pace until she nears her starting and now her end point, right in front of the gate, only to walk slower and quieter that she might try to surprise him with a tap on the shoulder. ]
[It's troubling. Eren had not been exactly friendly with the instructors, had engaged them near-strictly for information (or arguments.) Because he had no interest in building a loyalty to the CDC, and trusting the brass to be more than that is hard when all they do is speak in riddles.
(Though Warriorhead had said and done some pointed things that had given him pause, made him wonder.)
But he's not stupid enough not to find the timing fishy as hell. He remembers Amber offering to ask Honey why she killed Dagger, if she saw her before he did. Back on Aquada, when Honey had been her instructor but not yet Eren's as well. Turns out there was no need, Honey bragged it out loud before either of them got to the post. (Turned traitor. Working with protesters, rebels.) He's reading that particular conversation over again with a habitual amount of laser-focus. A furrowed brow and a tense jaw and little regard to anyone who might be trying to (succeeding to) sneak up on him.
His reaction is swift. A little jagged, if not explosive. He's always sort of strung tight, these days.
His shoulders pull stiff when she taps them, fingers curling closed over his cuff as his hands pull into fists. His head snaps up, expression set in a reflexive scowl that smooths out to confusion as her voice registers.]
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It's also only so big. What it means right now is that even if he doesn't answer her message, it's quick work to push past the low buzz of busy and unfamiliar CDC personnel to the gates to test her theory. And he does, leaning against the side of the facility and facing the dam, frowning down into the new red light of his cuff as he skims through Honey's list again to make sense of it.]
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She doesn't slow her pace until she nears her starting and now her end point, right in front of the gate, only to walk slower and quieter that she might try to surprise him with a tap on the shoulder. ]
Boo.
no subject
(Though Warriorhead had said and done some pointed things that had given him pause, made him wonder.)
But he's not stupid enough not to find the timing fishy as hell. He remembers Amber offering to ask Honey why she killed Dagger, if she saw her before he did. Back on Aquada, when Honey had been her instructor but not yet Eren's as well. Turns out there was no need, Honey bragged it out loud before either of them got to the post. (Turned traitor. Working with protesters, rebels.) He's reading that particular conversation over again with a habitual amount of laser-focus. A furrowed brow and a tense jaw and little regard to anyone who might be trying to (succeeding to) sneak up on him.
His reaction is swift. A little jagged, if not explosive. He's always sort of strung tight, these days.
His shoulders pull stiff when she taps them, fingers curling closed over his cuff as his hands pull into fists. His head snaps up, expression set in a reflexive scowl that smooths out to confusion as her voice registers.]
What the hell, Amber?
[Just say hello like a normal person.]