[ He would have done it. If that had been his role, if she'd fallen, he wouldn't have thought twice about it. They've been given the strength to see through the most difficult things, not only in fighting prowess, but in how much hurt their hearts can handle. They're hardly alone even among their own people here in how much they've lost, but they've both chosen, or will choose, to bear such deep loss for the sake of others; to allow the future to thrive.
It's not something he's yet had to endure. By the time he reaches her memory, he'll have carried it for four years, and added Hange merely days before, if even that. But it's not difficult to imagine how fucking much that will hurt.
He understands what awaits them both.
Levi gives her hands a gentle squeeze, but doesn't yet let go. Perhaps he needed this, too. He could have heard about all this from Jean, but he's glad that it was from Mikasa instead. And quietly, he's glad, grateful, that she sought him out like this. ]
Figured as much.
[ Which is just as well, because Eren has always been a fucking handful to certain degrees. Considering that last part quietly, he adds: ] He won't hear it from me, unless that's what you want.
[ Not that he can make promises for anyone else who knows, but at least he has her back, here. ]
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It's not something he's yet had to endure. By the time he reaches her memory, he'll have carried it for four years, and added Hange merely days before, if even that. But it's not difficult to imagine how fucking much that will hurt.
He understands what awaits them both.
Levi gives her hands a gentle squeeze, but doesn't yet let go. Perhaps he needed this, too. He could have heard about all this from Jean, but he's glad that it was from Mikasa instead. And quietly, he's glad, grateful, that she sought him out like this. ]
Figured as much.
[ Which is just as well, because Eren has always been a fucking handful to certain degrees. Considering that last part quietly, he adds: ] He won't hear it from me, unless that's what you want.
[ Not that he can make promises for anyone else who knows, but at least he has her back, here. ]