[Akechi doesn't move away. That yank was a gamble, but it's paid off. He's talking as he normally would. Eren will move slow from here. He lets his arms encircle Akechi just a little closer. He bites down hard on his lip until it starts to bleed. Steam rises around him, red grooves branching out from under his eyes. Crackles of hot energy briefly envelope them, too, but Eren stops there. Even the beginnings of the transformation produce heat. He can warm in short bursts like that.]

That's right. When we were training in the mountains as cadets, our superiors warned us of soldiers that got lost and were found without their clothes. That's a lot of layers to remove if it were only something mental...