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[The voice mail message sounds like it's being recorded from a distance....]
So I just say something into here, and then it'll say it back to people later? How does that work? My voice is inside the phone? How does that wor--beeeeeeeeep
[It's fine, she'll figure it out.]
So I just say something into here, and then it'll say it back to people later? How does that work? My voice is inside the phone? How does that wor--beeeeeeeeep
[It's fine, she'll figure it out.]
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But after a few seconds, she takes in a breath through her mouth and lets it out through her nose.]
It's like...
Okay, a lot of stuff that happens really sucked, but. Not all of it is bad, either.
So maybe if we do it slowly and just start with stuff like. [She gives a shrug.] The Curse of Ymir and the Power of the Titans being gone. And Eldians don't have to live in slums anymore.
[A lot of them live in refugee camps, which, okay, is also bad. But, that's gonna stop eventually! They just have to build more places for people to live and get more trees and....livestock and stuff... Look, she's trying to stay on the bright side, here.]
And maybe we can explain all of those things to him in ways where we won't have to dump everything on him at once and he won't immediately find out about the Rumbling, and we won't have to lie to him, either. He hasn't forced me to explain anything about why I'm friends with you or what Zeke did and I know he's wondering about both of those things, so...I dunno! Maybe he'd be more receptive to it than I'm giving him credit for!
[And, she suddenly has a determined look on her face. It was a red flag that she hesitated earlier, but she looks very sure of herself now and as confident as ever in what she's saying./]
And I'm sure...whatever we tell him, he won't hurt civilians. I'll make sure of it myself!
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[ He stays quiet and lets her speak. She may have a point; who wouldn't want to hear they helped save the world and un-curse their people? Of course, that still leaves the whole save it from WHAT part untouched. He considers. ]
...we could blame it on Zeke.
[ It's not technically lying! If that fucking monkey hadn't been there, the end of the world wouldn't have started. Also listen, maybe he still has that reflex to throw Zeke under the bus at any moment that presents itself. ]
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...thank you.
[ Whether or not she can hold up that promise, what matters is that she made it, and he'll do his damnedest to help out too, however he can. Probably not with anything that has to do with Reiner, but... other stuff. ]
[ Anyway, back to the plan. ]
That all sounds reasonable. What do you think is missing?
[ Because surely there's a reason why she's not simply doing this and instead wanting it to be turned into a plan of some sort? ]
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Something like.
Zeke wanted to use the Founder to make it so Eldians couldn't have children anymore, so. The Scouts and the Warriors teamed up to stop him...just keep it contained to Zeke's plan without ever mentioning Eren or the Rumbling...
[She's at least thinking about it! Bus-under-throwing or not, it's not a terrible idea. Some part of Gabi isn't sure how she feels about pushing all of that responsibility on Zeke when he got bamboozled by Eren too and he eventually sacrificed himself to stop the Rumbling, but...they can worry about that later, right? Shit, if he shows up, Gabi can buy him an ice cream cone as an apology. After she punches him in the stomach for all the stuff he's done.]
I'm just like...
I dunno. I could try it but I feel like I'd fall apart after two seconds of questioning, anyway, and Hange-san might be better at coming up with like. An "answer tree" or something.
[Hange seems like the kinda person who'd be good at flowcharts. Gabi lets out a low breath.]
I'm also worried about what'll happen if we start talking about the future and he asks about... [She scratches her head.] Bertolt.
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. ]