[Hythlodaeus' constant searching paid off, it seems. Emet-Selch's soul is still nowhere to be found but Eren had been added to that tiny list the moment he disappeared. Now, Hythlodaeus finds himself running to that soul- now that it has finally stopped moving.

He pauses for breath behind Eren, because he literally did run all this way, and groans. He's in shape for the most part but he doesn't have to run all that often!]

Eren-

[He's different. Older. His heart twists uncomfortably in his chest at the same time it flutters strangely. Would Eren remember him? Hythlodaeus is prepared for the possibility that he doesn't, again.]