01 One with a headstone and name on it. It's a burial tradition. Some families even have plots of land where all of their bloodline is buried next to each other.
They were going to kill me. My employer said he wanted me to know last, since he didn't want to lose his best agent.
[ This is still hard to talk about. So many years of history, all the connections. Severed in one simple conversation, because his mentor wanted to wipe his kind off the planet. ]
Oh. I understand why you did it then. [ And it's not surprising to hear. That men would seek to use these human weapons for their purposes, and then destroy them once their goals had been achieved, or they realized their tools held more power than could be controlled. ]
It's never pointless to fight for your life. [ Her life and reasoning is built on this. Fight to win, win to survive. ] There's no reason to be reckless about it, but it's not pointless.
I'm not, really. It was a complicated scenario. My actions didn't do much to change the course of things. I think they just made things worse for the people I wanted to help out, in the end.
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One with a headstone and name on it. It's a burial tradition. Some families even have plots of land where all of their bloodline is buried next to each other.
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They think it's honoring their dead that way.
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Why not?
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Why wouldn't you get one?
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I just don't like them.
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I betrayed my country– at least, that's how it'll be spun, guaranteed.
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They don't usually bring good tidings.
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Why?
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You're superstitious?
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Are you asking why I betrayed them?
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Not really. More speaking from experience of handling plenty of them.
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[ Too bold? She's just curious though, and it's no hassle if he's to decline sharing the story. ]
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They were trying to kill all the Contractors. My mentor–
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Boss, really, excuse me. He hid it from me for years.
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[ This is still hard to talk about. So many years of history, all the connections. Severed in one simple conversation, because his mentor wanted to wipe his kind off the planet. ]
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[ He's interested in her perspective. ]
If you knew you were going to die before doing something like that, would you still do it?
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But. ]
We always fought with the odds against us back home, so yes. I would fight against anyone that sought to kill me. [ Or Eren. ]
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[ He's still not sure, even though something had come from it. ]
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There's no reason to be reckless about it, but it's not pointless.
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I see. [ So he's more like Eren than her. Maybe that explains why they get along so well. ]
I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that you're noble.
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I'm not, really. It was a complicated scenario. My actions didn't do much to change the course of things. I think they just made things worse for the people I wanted to help out, in the end.
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You and Eren are very similar.
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[ GOD STOP THE JOKES NOW ]
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He also has a habit of feeling guilty about things out of his control.
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