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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.]

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text; un: Levi; soon after the beach party

[wingbound]

[ So, Levi doesn't text, not normally. He'll usually show up in person, or send Eren with a written note. In this case, though, both options aren't particularly plausible; for one, Reiner could be home, and two, he imagines Gabi would still rather not see Eren's face any more than necessary. ]

[ But this is important, because it's now twice that he's run into Reiner and apparently both times were a hair's width away from tragedy. It's unsustainable. ]

[ So, there he goes, using his sparse skills to type up the words torturously slowly with his single index finger. ]

Are you planning to tell him?

Levi

[ He's talking, of course, about the Alliance, give or take the end of the world. ]

/? not sorry

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Tell who what

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I don't even know what you're talking about

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You gotta be more specific

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Are you implying I've been not telling some guy something

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I don't even know why you would imply that

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Frankly that's offensive

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I tell people stuff all the time

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Important people AND important stuff

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It's not like I'm intentionally not telling someone something

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Why would I even do that

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Cause I'm scared?

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That's ridiculous

done

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I'm not scared, you're scared

[wingbound]

[ tHIS WAS A MISTAKE ]

[ Levi just. Sits there, bombarded by the onslaught of messages, a new one coming in before he's finished reading the previous one. ]

[ ... ]

[ Okay, he is absolutely not fighting this battle over text. ]

Meet me outside
I'll buy you an ice cone

[ please. ]

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okay

[Gabi is waiting outside the apartment. Shocker, she looks....pretty nervous. She's fiddling with her hands a lot.]

-> action;

[wingbound]

[ Levi will be there in a moment, decked in his now-usual knee orthese. He seems to be walking easily enough now, though a slight limp will probably always remain. He gestures at her to follow him and starts heading outside of the building. ]

What's that face for?

[ Rejoice, he actually didn't use a shit metaphor to describe it (yet). ]

/2

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Lookin' at stuff, what's your face for? What, are you saying something's wrong with my face? Nothin's wrong with my face, that's a really weird thing to say. I don't look nervous, why would you say that, you look nervous.

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[She clears her throat and coughs into her hand.

This has started well.]

[wingbound]

...

[ He sighs and just sort of... lets his hand drop on top of her head, which is a bit awkward since she's now a little taller than him. Not quite a proper headpat, but close enough. ]

Oi. You're not in trouble. I just want [ a momentary pause as he forces himself to go through the rest of his words, ] your help.

[ Appreciate the progress he's made, Gabi! She's probably spent a lot of time after the war getting him to be able to ask for anything like that. It hasn't been at a complete standstill here either, especially with how shitty his condition was during the first few months. He still didn't like it, but it got... a little easier. ]

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... ...

[And in all of a couple seconds, a lot of Gabi's clear anxiety over this situation fades because it's been replaced by simple confusion. She blinks at Levi a couple times. She looks at his arm on her head. Then she looks at him.]

You're asking me for help?

...

You never ask anyone for help!

[wingbound]

[ His expression sours a bit and he tugs on her ponytail scoldingly a couple times before pulling his hand back. ]

I'm not so old that I can't learn any new tricks.

[ He hasn't learned shit. As soon as whatever he needs the "help" for is only related to his own wellbeing, he'll be right back to not asking for it! ]

Anyway, I've met Reiner. I don't like the way he's acting. I thought you may be able to talk to him.

[ Unfortunately, any further details may need to be requested! ]

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Waah! Not my head, that's where I keep my brains!

[Perhaps a little theatrically, she tugs back at her ponytail until Levi lets go. But the theatrics quickly go out the window once Reiner is mentioned. She lets out a breath. She looks around for a few seconds, seemingly to make sure Reiner isn't there....then gestures for Levi to follow her anyway.]

You said you were gonna get me an ice, right? C'mon.

[She doesn't stop from looping her arm around Levi's to support him, of course. Even if she seems to have gotten to the point where she's not demanding he be in a wheelchair at all times, she still seems to want to make sure she's helping him walk.]

[wingbound]

[ So dramatic. It almost tears a smile from Levi -- maybe it will one day, once the memories of war and the pain of all the loss he endured becomes more distant. ]

[ He follows without complaint, because he did promise to get her one (just one, though, which he'll remind her of later if necessary). He tenses a little as she links their arms, still not entirely used to it, but doesn't shake her off. ]

[ He doesn't really need help nowadays -- the brace seems to be doing an excellent job so far -- but it's... kind of nice? It reminds him of warmth, of a bond he doesn't really know yet but has heard snippets about, that he also knows will be his sole solace for quite a while back home. ]

[ He'll let her know if it's too much for him, but while he can, he doesn't want to take it away from her. ]

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[Gabi takes not being tossed off as a win in and of itself. Part of her is aware that 1) This isn't the Levi she spent three years building this rapport with and 2) Nightwake isn't their world and can medically support him in a way that their world couldn't. Still, she doesn't want him to exert himself anymore than necessary and if he's gonna let her do stuff like this, she's gonna do it.]

[It's a nice feeling, in a way. Which she lets herself indulge in for a moment...because she has a feeling the rest of this conversation (until they get ice cream, anyway) isn't gonna be that nice.]

So....what's wrong with Reiner?

[As if she didn't already know.]