[Eren sounds inhuman - a combination of guttural sounds he can't control, and the rawness of his throat, trying to make words that only come out as rasps. He feels Armin's arms tighten around him. He could easily break out of them if he really wanted to. Part of him doesn't, apparently.
[Finally, as he stills, save for a heaving chest, he manages to spit out a few words.]
[Aubrey and perhaps Armin might be certain of Eren’s humanity; Mari, less so. But the gambit worked (if such an impulsive, oddly sympathetic move could be considered strategic), at least in proving Armin’s intentions. From the sounds of it, he may as well be restraining a slobbering dog, not a friend.]
[Mari allows the silence, as Eren catches his breath. She owes him an apology. She leashes that, too, for now.]
We were just with her. [There’s no particular emotion in her voice.] The world replaced her with an illusion.
[Recall that Eren was not there for Bertholdt and Armin, nor is he aware that the world replaced him with an illusion only recently (dude was truly just standing there). He's never experienced anything like it with Aubrey, and it makes his heart seize with panic.]
This is bullshit.
[With that, he shoves past Armin into the darkness, but fuck. At least it's not a cell.]
Keep up if you want to follow.
[The room remains dark. They might not see that Eren has vanished, but he has.]
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[Finally, as he stills, save for a heaving chest, he manages to spit out a few words.]
What happened to her?
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[Aubrey and perhaps Armin might be certain of Eren’s humanity; Mari, less so. But the gambit worked (if such an impulsive, oddly sympathetic move could be considered strategic), at least in proving Armin’s intentions. From the sounds of it, he may as well be restraining a slobbering dog, not a friend.]
[Mari allows the silence, as Eren catches his breath. She owes him an apology. She leashes that, too, for now.]
We were just with her. [There’s no particular emotion in her voice.] The world replaced her with an illusion.
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[Recall that Eren was not there for Bertholdt and Armin, nor is he aware that the world replaced him with an illusion only recently
(dude was truly just standing there). He's never experienced anything like it with Aubrey, and it makes his heart seize with panic.]This is bullshit.
[With that, he shoves past Armin into the darkness, but fuck. At least it's not a cell.]
Keep up if you want to follow.
[The room remains dark. They might not see that Eren has vanished, but he has.]
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Eren!
[But it's too late. Always running off on his own. Reckless with a one-track mind; that's Eren Jaeger. Armin's heart mourns.
[Through will of his own, he conjures a small light, just bright enough to illuminate he and Mari's face.]
It's like I said...
Eren and Aubrey have more experience here than anyone.
[And they made a promise. A promise to stay together.
[These days, Armin can't see Eren making that promise for anyone else.]
She'll be safe with him.
[He's as assured of that as he sounds. They really are in love, aren't they?]