I wish you could too, Armin. [Just barely not ending that with something sardonic, but she means it. Surely Eren’s childhood friend has a better chance of getting through to him than someone who can only get a reaction when she’s being, deliberately or not, obtuse.]

[Eren having brought Armin to some other ambiguous space hasn’t evaded Aubrey’s interest. It’s just, inexplicably, not the most interesting thing she knows about the guy; if he can control his titan powers, sure, why not that, too.

[What she doesn’t know is who he used to be.] He’s mentioned that he had… hope, once, I think. Morality.
[It’s very dark outside.] He wanted things to be different, didn’t he?