[A mercy. A burden, yes, but a mercy? He tries to imagine it being placed in someone else's hands - Mikasa, Armin, Jean...
[And he knows that weight. It hung around his neck until his head came off his shoulders. He's quiet for too long. He doesn't look cold; some pain bleeds in his eyes, staring ahead, away from Akechi, searching for something unseen.]
The people on Paradis Island were considered devils. Dangerous. Savage. Less than human.
Killing me made the Scout Regiment heroes. It should protect them for a long time.
[Is that the same thing as mercy?]
To say that I did it so they wouldn't have to, though...
[Another long pause. His brow pinches. He sinks deeper into the water.]
no subject
[And he knows that weight. It hung around his neck until his head came off his shoulders. He's quiet for too long. He doesn't look cold; some pain bleeds in his eyes, staring ahead, away from Akechi, searching for something unseen.]
The people on Paradis Island were considered devils. Dangerous. Savage. Less than human.
Killing me made the Scout Regiment heroes. It should protect them for a long time.
[Is that the same thing as mercy?]
To say that I did it so they wouldn't have to, though...
[Another long pause. His brow pinches. He sinks deeper into the water.]
I don't know.