[Reiner flinches a bit when Aubrey mentions the first nail in the proverbial coffin, but nods all the same. No more running from that truth. Hearing Bertholdt's name brings an unexpected pain. He never did learn what happened to his friend...Could it be possible that Aubrey has met him too? That he's here somewhere?]

It's true.

[Not that he'd have expected Aubrey not to believe it, but even so. He's taking accountability.]

Bertholdt was acting under my orders. [He wouldn't want him defending him. Reiner doesn't care.]

So, it was me. [They were twelve years old.] I'm the one who started everything. In that way, I'm just as much to blame as Eren. That's just one way we're the same.

[There's a short pause. He notices he isn't looking at her anymore.]

You're not from our world, are you?