[The vow, the word "love", the brand - all of it is new to Armin, and more than a bit baffling. It's the mark, really, that throws him. The scar looks deep, like the wound it came from must have been unimaginably painful. Surely Eren didn't actually scar her - no. It wouldn't look like that in such a short amount of time if he had, and the shape is too precise. So, the world they're in can physically alter them as well...?
[Up to this point, Armin hasn't been sure exactly what Eren and Aubrey would consider themselves; the mark wraps around her left ring finger. It seems obvious now - obvious and bizarre. Armin's never known Eren to be romantic with anyone else. Did he tell Aubrey that he loves her? Armin can't remember Eren ever using quite that word either. Armin knows what Eren's love is capable of, of course; he doesn't doubt that it's true. It's just...news to him.
[There is, to this, some small injury. It shouldn't matter, of course. Other things matter more. Armin and Eren haven't been "Armin and Eren" for a long time. But the memory aches all the same. Was he always just something to fall back on? For lack of better options, maybe?
[It isn't wise to start thinking like that now. It isn't Aubrey's fault that Eren broke everyone's heart. It's Armin's responsibility to be realistic. Nothing ever could have come from it anyway - not now that the world is ending.
[That Aubrey wants to help Eren - that isn't news to Armin at all. It's what everyone who loves Eren Jaeger wants, isn't it?]
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[Up to this point, Armin hasn't been sure exactly what Eren and Aubrey would consider themselves; the mark wraps around her left ring finger. It seems obvious now - obvious and bizarre. Armin's never known Eren to be romantic with anyone else. Did he tell Aubrey that he loves her? Armin can't remember Eren ever using quite that word either. Armin knows what Eren's love is capable of, of course; he doesn't doubt that it's true. It's just...news to him.
[There is, to this, some small injury. It shouldn't matter, of course. Other things matter more. Armin and Eren haven't been "Armin and Eren" for a long time. But the memory aches all the same. Was he always just something to fall back on? For lack of better options, maybe?
[It isn't wise to start thinking like that now. It isn't Aubrey's fault that Eren broke everyone's heart. It's Armin's responsibility to be realistic. Nothing ever could have come from it anyway - not now that the world is ending.
[That Aubrey wants to help Eren - that isn't news to Armin at all. It's what everyone who loves Eren Jaeger wants, isn't it?]