[Mari is quiet for a moment, to allow Aubrey a chance to speak again. She doesn’t.]
[In fact, Aubrey feels strangely wounded, and stays turned away from both. But she is, through her ever-gnawing concern for Eren, trying to listen. What’s Armin getting at now…?]
[Pause aside, Mari plays casual right back; and really, the surprise at Armin’s gear is no act.] A soldier! [If he truly is keeping Aubrey safe (and Aubrey did call him a friend), however much or little they’ve managed to stay together, it’s good to see Armin has the gear and know-how to back that up.
[It also, Mari notes, means he’s an even more dangerous threat if he’s allied with that monster.]
I couldn’t tell if the figure was human or not. [Slight concession, nonetheless. Mari knows she doesn’t a chance should Armin turn that gear on her. She grasps in the dark for any sort of advantage. What does he want, really…?]
It was hard to see anything clearly. All I knew was that it talked like a human man. [And whistled that song, hollow and dead.]
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[Mari is quiet for a moment, to allow Aubrey a chance to speak again. She doesn’t.]
[In fact, Aubrey feels strangely wounded, and stays turned away from both. But she is, through her ever-gnawing concern for Eren, trying to listen. What’s Armin getting at now…?]
[Pause aside, Mari plays casual right back; and really, the surprise at Armin’s gear is no act.] A soldier! [If he truly is keeping Aubrey safe (and Aubrey did call him a friend), however much or little they’ve managed to stay together, it’s good to see Armin has the gear and know-how to back that up.
[It also, Mari notes, means he’s an even more dangerous threat if he’s allied with that monster.]
I couldn’t tell if the figure was human or not. [Slight concession, nonetheless. Mari knows she doesn’t a chance should Armin turn that gear on her. She grasps in the dark for any sort of advantage. What does he want, really…?]
It was hard to see anything clearly. All I knew was that it talked like a human man. [And whistled that song, hollow and dead.]