There would have been no Rumbling if Zeke wasn't there, either.
[ It's not technically wrong. ]
[ At the same time, he can understand Gabi's wish to protect Reiner from that knowledge overall. Is it really that different from the way they had agreed to keep the Rumbling a secret from Jean and Mikasa? What good can possibly come from knowing about it? ]
[ And they're much in the same boat as Reiner -- there's always that chance that someone, somewhere, might tell them what they're not supposed to know, even if all of the Scouts keep their mouths shut. There could be new people coming in complicating everything. There could be an incident with something like the memory portals again. ]
[ Hell, there's always fucking Hijikata knowing too much, even if Levi did his best to swear him to secrecy. ]
...this is a shitty situation all around.
[ He thinks Reiner wouldn't push Gabi -- too hard, anyway -- but that doesn't mean she'll be happy just walking away from his questions either. ]
[ But honestly, he doesn't think like even involving Hange would help much against that. All they can do is just help them knit a more intricate web of lies, and yet it could still be unraveled by one wrong thread getting pulled at the wrong time. And then what? ]
[ Wouldn't it be even worse if Reiner finds out they lied to his fucking face rather than having to handle some unpleasant truths? ]
[ He doesn't know the answer. ]
[ Perhaps that's the question they should be asking Hange. ]
Huh? [ He pinches the bridge of his nose, glances at Gabi. Another complication, it seems, one he was in fact not aware he was supposed to keep secret. Wouldn't Reiner want to know what happened to his friend? It wouldn't make him happy, obviously, but boo hoo. It would still be closure. That's more than most of the 199 soldiers who died there that day got. ] I would have told him if he asked, but he never did.
[ He could still do that. Reiner already hates him anyway. ]
anyway since this is very backdated by now i guess they don't immediately do anything? :')
[ It's not technically wrong. ]
[ At the same time, he can understand Gabi's wish to protect Reiner from that knowledge overall. Is it really that different from the way they had agreed to keep the Rumbling a secret from Jean and Mikasa? What good can possibly come from knowing about it? ]
[ And they're much in the same boat as Reiner -- there's always that chance that someone, somewhere, might tell them what they're not supposed to know, even if all of the Scouts keep their mouths shut. There could be new people coming in complicating everything. There could be an incident with something like the memory portals again. ]
[ Hell, there's always fucking Hijikata knowing too much, even if Levi did his best to swear him to secrecy. ]
...this is a shitty situation all around.
[ He thinks Reiner wouldn't push Gabi -- too hard, anyway -- but that doesn't mean she'll be happy just walking away from his questions either. ]
[ But honestly, he doesn't think like even involving Hange would help much against that. All they can do is just help them knit a more intricate web of lies, and yet it could still be unraveled by one wrong thread getting pulled at the wrong time. And then what? ]
[ Wouldn't it be even worse if Reiner finds out they lied to his fucking face rather than having to handle some unpleasant truths? ]
[ He doesn't know the answer. ]
[ Perhaps that's the question they should be asking Hange. ]
Huh? [ He pinches the bridge of his nose, glances at Gabi. Another complication, it seems, one he was in fact not aware he was supposed to keep secret. Wouldn't Reiner want to know what happened to his friend? It wouldn't make him happy, obviously, but boo hoo. It would still be closure. That's more than most of the 199 soldiers who died there that day got. ] I would have told him if he asked, but he never did.
[ He could still do that. Reiner already hates him anyway. ]