[ He wants to...? That just stings more, because he's even more confronted with the reality of just how much Eren cares about them. He's giving up the rest of the world, just for their sakes. Eren has to know that that's burdensome on them too, right? Living a peaceful life, while the rest of the world suffer. But he also wants that peaceful life; for the tangible world around him - his home, and the relationships he's built - to be safe. This is just the kind of cruel world they come from, that simply existing is a right they cannot have without quite literally trampling on the lives of others. ]
How can I find out ... [ He's not a shifter, he couldn't begin to understand the swirling mess of memories and knowledge that must make up a shifter's mind. He barely understands the deeper workings of their world and only really knows what's told to him. Jean's just a common man. ] I can't understand if you don't tell me.
[ But even he knows there's not much point, because anything that is shared here will just be forgotten. Soon he will return, knowing nothing, and the last thing he had said to Eren will go back to being 'Sasha died because you called us here.'
(Said in the heat of the moment. He knows Sasha was just another casualty in a violent, perpetuating cycle; as painful as it is to think about her.) ]
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How can I find out ... [ He's not a shifter, he couldn't begin to understand the swirling mess of memories and knowledge that must make up a shifter's mind. He barely understands the deeper workings of their world and only really knows what's told to him. Jean's just a common man. ] I can't understand if you don't tell me.
[ But even he knows there's not much point, because anything that is shared here will just be forgotten. Soon he will return, knowing nothing, and the last thing he had said to Eren will go back to being 'Sasha died because you called us here.'
(Said in the heat of the moment. He knows Sasha was just another casualty in a violent, perpetuating cycle; as painful as it is to think about her.) ]