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Armin Arlert ([personal profile] rollcharisma) wrote 2023-10-10 05:16 am (UTC)

[Armin nods. He's grateful that Aubrey isn't meeting his eyes; he wouldn't be meeting hers either.]

Yes, that's right.

I inherited my titan's power...

[All at once, Armin feels...subdued. Far away. Isolated, or...maybe trapped is a better word. He's lying on a rooftop, staring up at the sky. He can't quite move--

[No. This isn't his memory...

[He lifts his head, finding Aubrey still in front of him. The scenery has changed though. On a roof, amongst a field of other rooftops. He recognizes his home town instantly.

[Shiganshina...

[Thick clouds of steam obscure anything beyond the rooftops in a dense fog.

[Armin speaks without meaning to, says words that leave him cringing:]

My comrade, Bertholdt Hoover.

[He chokes painfully on the name, like someone punched him in the gut just after saying it.]

He and Reiner Braun [Eren is nowhere to be seen.] attacked my hometown nine years ago. B-but they were our comrades too...They were our friends...

[What is he saying? What is he saying? Stop talking. Stop talking!]

I-I killed Bertholdt! I killed him, I a-ate--

[He claps his hands over his mouth.]

O-oh God...

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