[ Sometimes, before all of this, Annie had wondered if Eren was even capable of feeling fear. Instead of fear, he had anger. Anger at the Titans, initially. Now it’s anger at her. But Annie isn’t like him. She’s made of flesh and blood where he’s made of hatred. He might have left his humanity back in Shiganshina, but Annie is still very much a human, with all of the cowardice that comes with it.
She watches his hands carefully. Maybe he will attack her after all. Maybe she would let him. ]
You’re like me, you know.
[ That wasn’t what she was going to say, but the words fall from her mouth unbidden. He is like her. Both in his transgressions — she doesn’t think she’ll ever forget the words she’d heard right before she’d been pulled from her artificial slumber — and in his very nature. She would kill any number of people to return to her father. He would kill any number of people to protect his people.
It had taken her a while to realize that. She had always thought of him as different, as better than her. But now, as she looks at him, it’s clear that they aren’t so different after all. ]
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She watches his hands carefully. Maybe he will attack her after all. Maybe she would let him. ]
You’re like me, you know.
[ That wasn’t what she was going to say, but the words fall from her mouth unbidden. He is like her. Both in his transgressions — she doesn’t think she’ll ever forget the words she’d heard right before she’d been pulled from her artificial slumber — and in his very nature. She would kill any number of people to return to her father. He would kill any number of people to protect his people.
It had taken her a while to realize that. She had always thought of him as different, as better than her. But now, as she looks at him, it’s clear that they aren’t so different after all. ]