[It's as if Akira can't speak without raising Eren's hackles. This animosity doesn't show; at the assertion that Kurusu knows Akechi better than anyone, or that Maruki, a man he doesn't even know, is "important" to him, Eren merely flexes his right hand, held down by his side. Kurusu is still turned away, and Eren still half-cast in shadow.
[It isn't lost on him, by the way, that this must be the friend Akechi only managed to mention once; Eren can see now, too, that Kurusu isn't entirely an unfamiliar face - Eren has seen his corpse.
[So, Kurusu is important to them, but has this one earned the right to say the same?
[Eren continues to watch.]
That doesn't absolve you of responsibility.
My friends cherish you. I won't allow that to be abused.
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[It isn't lost on him, by the way, that this must be the friend Akechi only managed to mention once; Eren can see now, too, that Kurusu isn't entirely an unfamiliar face - Eren has seen his corpse.
[So, Kurusu is important to them, but has this one earned the right to say the same?
[Eren continues to watch.]
That doesn't absolve you of responsibility.
My friends cherish you. I won't allow that to be abused.