[ That last part, at least, is true. They both are stained in blood, equally guilty in the deaths they have caused. As much as Annie wishes she could take the high ground, she can’t. Sure, Eren is worse in terms of sheer scale of killing, but are one thousand lives really worth more than one hundred?
She eyes his hand, wary. She wants to take it, to squeeze until the little bones of his wrist grind together, to hold it like something precious. And really, every moment that he’s here with her is a moment that he isn’t destroying humanity, right?
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She eyes his hand, wary. She wants to take it, to squeeze until the little bones of his wrist grind together, to hold it like something precious. And really, every moment that he’s here with her is a moment that he isn’t destroying humanity, right?
Right.
Really, this is for the greater good.
Slowly, carefully, she takes his hand. ]