[Aubrey knows that Armin ate Bertholdt; she doesn’t know whether Reiner is aware of this or not. (She also hasn’t quite, consciously, connected the titan inheritance dot. That can wait.)
[It’s… refreshing yet heart-wrenching, after both Armin and Eren’s panicked shock, to see Reiner’s reaction is so much more subdued.]
[She nods.] Here. Well, he was, when we talked. [A glance to the rooftops. Aubrey stays looking there; it’s marginally easier than Reiner, for the moment.] He misses you a lot....
[Why does she always have to rip the bandaid....]
Do you… know what happened to him? [Her tone is soft. Nothing about it implies the answer is anything good.]
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[Aubrey knows that Armin ate Bertholdt; she doesn’t know whether Reiner is aware of this or not. (She also hasn’t quite, consciously, connected the titan inheritance dot. That can wait.)
[It’s… refreshing yet heart-wrenching, after both Armin and Eren’s panicked shock, to see Reiner’s reaction is so much more subdued.]
[She nods.] Here. Well, he was, when we talked. [A glance to the rooftops. Aubrey stays looking there; it’s marginally easier than Reiner, for the moment.] He misses you a lot....
[Why does she always have to rip the bandaid....]
Do you… know what happened to him? [Her tone is soft. Nothing about it implies the answer is anything good.]