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[.............]

I....

Uh--

[WHAT???]

Wow.

[ he almost wants to laugh, and he sort of does as he rubs a temple with a free hand and drops it between his half bent leg. yeah. yeah. ]

It has to do with . . . taking someone’s powers, I think. Junior isn’t supposed to remember the first time for some reason.

[ he actually— remembers a pretty questionable conversation while he tried to beat someone up with chicken wings. ]

No one is.

Y-Yeah....I can see why anyone would want to repress a memory like that...

[Cause seriously, that's all manner of MESSED UP. He takes a small deep breath, before weakly joking.]

I-I guess that's just one more reason for us to avoid cannibals...haha...

It’s a lot less repressed and just— kind of screwed up with an injection.

[ but hey, that story is kind of up in the air still. the awkward sounding joke has eren lifting his head to look down at elliot, in the eyes. ]

. . . You’re not— worried, are you?

R-Right. Well still, it's probably a blessing...

[Some things are better forgotten. ]

What? No! [He shakes his head and lets out a sigh] Not exactly. Just...Junior's dad ate a queen, and then got eaten by Junior is ... I'm not sure how to react to that. But it's not like I think you'll eat anyone, really.

[He does give a slightly worried look up at him though]

Though...maybe you should be careful who you tell that your power is inheritable. Just in case.

[Elliot wasn't naive enough to trust everyone on the app. It's one of the reasons he was actually pretty vague about how his magic work on the network. All it'd take is one person absolutely crazy enough to try...]

[ well thank god!!!! eren has always had a bit of insecurity involving that, especially after thor-chan. and if there are more shifters . . . who guarantees that he didn’t eat more people?

but elliot was right about one thing. ]

It’s hard to explain, anyway. You’re the only person who knows. [ because he’s the only person eren can trust with certainty. not even the person he shares memories with is a good idea. maybe in the future if they’re close, but. they’re not. ] I don’t want to go telling people I consciously ate other people.

[

WHOOPS ]

[ E

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Other people?

As in...plural?

[

fuk

this got awkward ]

. . . Just. One more. That I know of.

[ avdksjd BUT LET HIM EXPLAIN AND FORGET ABOUT THIRD PERSON THIS MAKES HIM FREAK OUT ]

But I didn’t go around— eating people! Just like that!

[....One more. That he knows of. Well that's, uh, something. It'd be good to have a moment to process that, but he sees Eren's freaking out a little- so he focuses on that. He'll reach over to touch his cheek]

N-No, I know. You wouldn't do that. [He leans over to rest his forehead against Eren's. See? He's not afraid of you] It's okay...

[ wait until he remembers breaking coconuts

but the reassurance does cut the worry short; there was a reason eren never really mentioned it to anyone, and didn’t want to, for the record. ]

. . . It was the same memory from February. [ the lottery winner that made him want to just. stop going after these memories as a whole. let them come the way they should and always know how to differentiate himself from eren, and eren he sighs quietly when their foreheads touch, his arm reaching around him again to keep him close. ] It was some. Rogue strategy.

[So it was part of that memory. That alone explained a lot. Even if it was freaky for Elliot to hear, it had to be worse for Eren who had to experience it. And he could understand why he wasn't willing to share it with others. People who knew him less would be a lot faster to judge. ]

What a crappy memory....

[He leans into that hold, letting them be close]

But I'm glad you told me.

[ eren exhales deep, relieved to be hearing it from the person in his arms. to try and keep the air air flowing and light, eren smiles with a slight quirk. ]

I’m glad you’re the one I could tell.

[ there honestly . . . wasn’t anyone better than elliot for him, for anything. ]

Got any memories to beat that?

[ lighthearted attempt at a joke! ]

[he offers a little smile]

Of course. That's what this is for.

[To share the memories, to help unload some of that burden. But at that joke, he gives a little chuckle and then...hesitates]

Well, not quite, but there's...one? But it's not exactly mine? Someone told Elton something in confidence so....

I don't know if I should share it.

[it didn't feel like his secret to share]

[ eren’s mood shifts a little from smiling to looking a little concerned for a minute— by no means did he want to force anything elliot felt hesitant to say in the first place. ]

You don’t have to. [ alternatively— ] You don’t have to mention names if you still want to, though. I’ll get why either way.

[there's a pause as he deliberates. On one hand, he absolutely trusts Eren and does want to share things with him. He doesn't want secrets between them. On the other hand

... ]

Just someone I knew...has a monstrous side. I don't think they don't really know how to control either. It came out when they were a kid, and...they were pretty traumatized by it.

I remember it the night after I saw you as a titan.

[ oh. that is completely understandable as it is also oddly relatable. to an extent! ]

. . . When you run the risk of hurting people without even realizing it— It’s hard not to be. [ a chill blows by them, and eren shifts around to get his hoodie off and drape it over elliot’s shoulders. ] Did they get any help?

[ in any form, really. even if it was just support. ]

[ It's good timing with the hoodie, because that chilled wind made him shiver. He'll say a quick "thanks" and wraps it around himself like a blanket. ]

I don't know. Don't remember yet.

If you guys were friends, [ well guess what, now you get a CHEEK KISS!! ] they were probably in good hands.

[Oh no, don't be cute like that. It catches Elliot by surprise enough to make him smile and his cheeks turn red. He ducks his head down a little]

Haha, stop.

[It's embarrassing and cute!!]

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