[There's plenty to feel guilty for. Billions of lives, crushed due to his own foolish hubris.
[Aubrey matters more. The people that Eren loves will always matter more. That's just who he is.
[He lets her cry. He holds her. When she starts to move away, he almost pulls her back, but then she tries to smile, and she can't, and he wants so desperately to see it that he feels like he might shatter himself.
["I made it my purpose to find you." Now, Aubrey can be his purpose too - his only purpose, the only thing that's left, the only thing that matters, that should have ever mattered.
[Maybe he'll never find freedom, but he can find her - again and again and again, however many times it takes.
[He takes her face in his hands again, sea green eyes earnest and strong. If love like this was the only thing he'd sought back home, maybe he could have been happy.
[Can they find happiness together - even in a place like this?]
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[Aubrey matters more. The people that Eren loves will always matter more. That's just who he is.
[He lets her cry. He holds her. When she starts to move away, he almost pulls her back, but then she tries to smile, and she can't, and he wants so desperately to see it that he feels like he might shatter himself.
["I made it my purpose to find you." Now, Aubrey can be his purpose too - his only purpose, the only thing that's left, the only thing that matters, that should have ever mattered.
[Maybe he'll never find freedom, but he can find her - again and again and again, however many times it takes.
[He takes her face in his hands again, sea green eyes earnest and strong. If love like this was the only thing he'd sought back home, maybe he could have been happy.
[Can they find happiness together - even in a place like this?]
I will be your purpose.
['Behold my vow.']
You will be mine.