[ he's already starting to rank up in ann's book. seriously. they may not know each other well, but that he's so caring and so willing to listen to her? what a good guy, she thinks. she gives titan a scratch behind the ears before following him towards a tree, away from the more crowded areas of the park.
she's assuming he means they're going to sit on the grass, against the tree itself and not up in the branches, right... so she's going to do just that! ]
Seriously, I can't thank you enough for this. I...really needed someone to talk to about this stuff.
But of course the tree's roots are the better place to sit! Nice and cool and mostly isolated. Eren only reminds Titan to heel (with the word Fuss), followed by sitting and allowing him to do the same. The dog happily sprawls his belly across the grass, within petting distance. ]
It sucks a lot more than we'd think . . . [ But maybe he should come with a slight warning label. With a hand brushing along Titan's belly, he props a leg up and rests the other. ] I'm far from expert, but let me have it.
[ Maybe what he's heard could help out, too. Or hey, maybe his own two cents (that should come with that label). ]
titan is such a good boy. he gets some pats because ann thinks he's a good doggo who deserves all the love, and is lucky to have such a great owner! she gives him some belly scratches while eren speaks. ]
I don't know... Some of my friends [ one of them being her boyfriend, but she doesn't want to expose him!! ] have gotten some really bad memories and they're having a really hard time coping with it. I just...I feel like everyone's shutting me out, too, and not letting me help.
Then again... I don't know what to do that can help.
[ Eren listens quietly, but attentive at his absolute best. He didn't call her to sit and talk it out to pretend to listen and stare into nothing. He hasn't had . . . Bad memories to that point, perhaps one that was oddly melancholic while the rest remained as bits and pieces of nothing special: a quaint childhood, possible military training and getting beaten— that last one was tense, and harsh, but nothing that would break him. What he felt then actually made him feel stronger.
Which was weird. Even weirder was the mention of dissection, but he was too woozy to hear it all too well. But. Anyway, after dipping into his own thoughts, Eren wets his lips. ]
They don't want to talk to you, or see you— That sort of thing?
[ she knows he's listening, and she really appreciates it. she's grateful and she will make it up to him one of these days, she swears--and her memories up until recently have been confusing but not unpleasant. it was only when she'd remembered shiho jumping off of the roof that ann couldn't take it anymore.
she doesn't want to remember anything else. she's afraid of what she'll find. ]
Yeah. They're just pushing me away. I mean, I have my own issues, too, but I usually talk it out with people. Like right now, y'know? So maybe that's why I can't understand why they're shutting me out.
[ Eren was . . . Probably more likely to keep himself away from people at a strained time rather than talk most things out. Sure, if it was something that could be helped, he wouldn't ban himself from talking about it and seeking advice—
But something personal with little change to it possible, he can only imagine until it happens to him. ]
I've avoided people before, when I'm upset. [ Not saying why or who, but he figures it's a valid point of view. ] Not because I don't want the help— [ He gives a light huff, because it's something he's always had. ] I don't want to hurt anyone.
[ Be it physically or emotionally, with a shove or with words. When you don't have your head in the right place, things could get out of hand. ]
[ ...she understands, now, what mary and cleo and mako are trying to do. they don't want to hurt her--anyone, really. cleo did mention something like that... still, ann doesn't know how much she likes it, and she turns to eren, trying to understand. ]
But...sometimes it hurts more if you don't let the people who care about you help. Mm...Maybe I'm just being impatient. I guess some people just need time to heal on their own.
[ impatient and selfish, she thinks. she hopes that eren won't take what she said the wrong way. ]
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[ he's already starting to rank up in ann's book. seriously. they may not know each other well, but that he's so caring and so willing to listen to her? what a good guy, she thinks. she gives titan a scratch behind the ears before following him towards a tree, away from the more crowded areas of the park.
she's assuming he means they're going to sit on the grass, against the tree itself and not up in the branches, right... so she's going to do just that! ]
Seriously, I can't thank you enough for this. I...really needed someone to talk to about this stuff.
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But of course the tree's roots are the better place to sit! Nice and cool and mostly isolated. Eren only reminds Titan to heel (with the word Fuss), followed by sitting and allowing him to do the same. The dog happily sprawls his belly across the grass, within petting distance. ]
It sucks a lot more than we'd think . . . [ But maybe he should come with a slight warning label. With a hand brushing along Titan's belly, he props a leg up and rests the other. ] I'm far from expert, but let me have it.
[ Maybe what he's heard could help out, too. Or hey, maybe his own two cents (that should come with that label). ]
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titan is such a good boy. he gets some pats because ann thinks he's a good doggo who deserves all the love, and is lucky to have such a great owner! she gives him some belly scratches while eren speaks. ]
I don't know... Some of my friends [ one of them being her boyfriend, but she doesn't want to expose him!! ] have gotten some really bad memories and they're having a really hard time coping with it. I just...I feel like everyone's shutting me out, too, and not letting me help.
Then again... I don't know what to do that can help.
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Which was weird. Even weirder was the mention of dissection, but he was too woozy to hear it all too well. But. Anyway, after dipping into his own thoughts, Eren wets his lips. ]
They don't want to talk to you, or see you— That sort of thing?
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she doesn't want to remember anything else. she's afraid of what she'll find. ]
Yeah. They're just pushing me away. I mean, I have my own issues, too, but I usually talk it out with people. Like right now, y'know? So maybe that's why I can't understand why they're shutting me out.
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But something personal with little change to it possible, he can only imagine until it happens to him. ]
I've avoided people before, when I'm upset. [ Not saying why or who, but he figures it's a valid point of view. ] Not because I don't want the help— [ He gives a light huff, because it's something he's always had. ] I don't want to hurt anyone.
[ Be it physically or emotionally, with a shove or with words. When you don't have your head in the right place, things could get out of hand. ]
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[ ...she understands, now, what mary and cleo and mako are trying to do. they don't want to hurt her--anyone, really. cleo did mention something like that... still, ann doesn't know how much she likes it, and she turns to eren, trying to understand. ]
But...sometimes it hurts more if you don't let the people who care about you help. Mm...Maybe I'm just being impatient. I guess some people just need time to heal on their own.
[ impatient and selfish, she thinks. she hopes that eren won't take what she said the wrong way. ]
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Give it a little bit of time. But, [ Speaking from experience again, ] Make sure they know you're still around.
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[ aka ann was a little pushy in getting them to open up. ]
It's like they always say: patience is a virtue...or something like that, right?
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