[Well, the feeling he gets from Elliot isn't quite disappointment, but more a feeling of this was something he was expecting...but kinda hoping wouldn't be the case.
Right. Okay.]
Do you like your old clothes or are you choosing them because it feels safe?
[From that explanation of "nothing special", he's getting the sense of the latter.]
Listen, Eren ... someone told me once that clothes are a form of self-expression. It's a way of telling the world who you are without saying anything. So someone that's free would wear stuff they want to wear, that expresses who they really are.
[Like how there's no mistaking that Elliot's a musician based on anything he wears. He gestures at the cloaks he picked]
Do those cloaks feel like they express who you are?
[He's trying not to sound judgmental, because maybe Eren really does like those outfits. He's fine with them if they do. But he does want Eren to think it over more]
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Right. Okay.]
Do you like your old clothes or are you choosing them because it feels safe?
[From that explanation of "nothing special", he's getting the sense of the latter.]
Listen, Eren ... someone told me once that clothes are a form of self-expression. It's a way of telling the world who you are without saying anything. So someone that's free would wear stuff they want to wear, that expresses who they really are.
[Like how there's no mistaking that Elliot's a musician based on anything he wears. He gestures at the cloaks he picked]
Do those cloaks feel like they express who you are?
[He's trying not to sound judgmental, because maybe Eren really does like those outfits. He's fine with them if they do. But he does want Eren to think it over more]