[As her hands drop, Eren nods; it's a small, subtle thing - an acknowledgement, an understanding.
[He's the monster he always said he was. And nothing could have prevented it - not Aubrey, not his friends, not himself.
[And he tried. He tried. How many hundreds of times did he try?]
The outside world's population was dropped to the same of Paradis Island.
I killed...[He's still looking at his hands, turning them palm up, flexing them. Aubrey's ring, her mark, are still emblazoned upon his skin. He's grateful for that...]...billions.
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[He's the monster he always said he was. And nothing could have prevented it - not Aubrey, not his friends, not himself.
[And he tried. He tried. How many hundreds of times did he try?]
The outside world's population was dropped to the same of Paradis Island.
I killed...[He's still looking at his hands, turning them palm up, flexing them. Aubrey's ring, her mark, are still emblazoned upon his skin. He's grateful for that...]...billions.