[Maruki has more time to fear than Eren does. If it happened tomorrow, he'd return only to his death, and so, only to that next place, where he's already determined that he'd find Maruki right away; their empty world.
[There are others he'd miss. He grieves them now, even as they stand before him, but it causes Eren no hesitation. He wants what he wants; finality, rest, that promise of home that he thought he'd never find again.
[More than anything, he wants this battle to end. Please, God, just let it end. Anything to stop fighting. Anything to not have to anymore.]
You'll beat yourself up for this. I know you will.
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[There are others he'd miss. He grieves them now, even as they stand before him, but it causes Eren no hesitation. He wants what he wants; finality, rest, that promise of home that he thought he'd never find again.
[More than anything, he wants this battle to end. Please, God, just let it end. Anything to stop fighting. Anything to not have to anymore.]
You'll beat yourself up for this. I know you will.