the fire speaks for them at that second, cracks and crumbles, a mesh of color that gleams off his scales and makes charcoal black seem like gold. his eyes stay glued to the flames, and while he isn’t as upset as he could be— he’s far more serious than any other emotion. it was duty that called him, and he was done running from it years ago when he asked for death instead. death didn’t come because he couldn’t die then, or now.
(not until they were f̧̟̬̳͇͓̑͋̊́̈́͒r̛̰̩͕̜͙̦̅̈́̓̚̚è͙̜̻͕͕͍͐̓̑̋̆ẹ̡͕͕̺̩̇̀̂̓̾̕). ]
You have a life to go back to. Hopefully it’s a long one. [ if there are no accidents in the way. eren takes a stray stick and prods at the fire’s burning wood to give it more feed. ] I do too, but it has a date stamp. I need to do everything I can before then.
[ the more he stays here, the more it’s prolonged. sure, but— that isn’t the point. it runs deeper. ]
It doesn’t matter if time stopped for me here. There’s no proof it stopped back home.
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the fire speaks for them at that second, cracks and crumbles, a mesh of color that gleams off his scales and makes charcoal black seem like gold. his eyes stay glued to the flames, and while he isn’t as upset as he could be— he’s far more serious than any other emotion. it was duty that called him, and he was done running from it years ago when he asked for death instead. death didn’t come because he couldn’t die then, or now.
(not until they were f̧̟̬̳͇͓̑͋̊́̈́͒r̛̰̩͕̜͙̦̅̈́̓̚̚è͙̜̻͕͕͍͐̓̑̋̆ẹ̡͕͕̺̩̇̀̂̓̾̕). ]
You have a life to go back to. Hopefully it’s a long one. [ if there are no accidents in the way. eren takes a stray stick and prods at the fire’s burning wood to give it more feed. ] I do too, but it has a date stamp. I need to do everything I can before then.
[ the more he stays here, the more it’s prolonged. sure, but— that isn’t the point. it runs deeper. ]
It doesn’t matter if time stopped for me here. There’s no proof it stopped back home.