[Their final salute. A blade runs itself through Levi's stomach and back out the other side. That moment wasn't meant for anyone else, least of all Eren's Jaeger's delusional bride. Anger makes the surface of his skin prickle with goosebumps, like a dog with its hide bristling.

[But his voice is calm - clipped, but calm.]

Those people mattered, Jae-- [He hates that name. He never wants to utter it again.] Aubrey.

The people whose lives he took, whose homes he destroyed - they mattered. Their lives mattered. They had people who loved them. They had shit left to do.

A swift kick in the ribs is a small price to pay.