[Eren cries freely. He sinks and turns into Aubrey, lays the arm he still has over his eyes, and he cries. He cries like he's a little kid again; hell, maybe worse. It has to be worse, doesn't it?
[One time, he came home, crying because the other kids had stolen bread from Armin again. His family wouldn't have enough to eat. It wasn't fair. Someone had to stop them. The injustice was just. Too. Great.
[He thinks about it now and sobs ever harder.
[These days, when Eren laughs, it's an inhuman sound.
[But this is a very human sound.
[Warm steam begins rising slowly out of the stumps left over from his arm and leg. He doesn't notice.]
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[Eren cries freely. He sinks and turns into Aubrey, lays the arm he still has over his eyes, and he cries. He cries like he's a little kid again; hell, maybe worse. It has to be worse, doesn't it?
[One time, he came home, crying because the other kids had stolen bread from Armin again. His family wouldn't have enough to eat. It wasn't fair. Someone had to stop them. The injustice was just. Too. Great.
[He thinks about it now and sobs ever harder.
[These days, when Eren laughs, it's an inhuman sound.
[But this is a very human sound.
[Warm steam begins rising slowly out of the stumps left over from his arm and leg. He doesn't notice.]