...I can understand that. There were some things I couldn't tell Armin. Sasha's never asked me anything, so I didn't tell her either.
[At least this way, Jean didn't have to worry about damage control. Armin would surely be angry at him for withholding what he did, but he felt like it would only disturb him. So he couldn't hold anything against Levi for taking this approach.]
[It occurs to Jean that that meant something REALLY awful must've happened, but... He was expecting that anyways, so it wasn't a shock.]
They're a bit... different, from what you remember, but it's for the better. More relaxed, mostly. They've only ever had to fight Titans.
[He realized he sounded really weird, like fighting Titans wasn't a huge deal already, but he personally considered all the human life he's had to take to be far more impactful on his psyche.]
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[At least this way, Jean didn't have to worry about damage control. Armin would surely be angry at him for withholding what he did, but he felt like it would only disturb him. So he couldn't hold anything against Levi for taking this approach.]
[It occurs to Jean that that meant something REALLY awful must've happened, but... He was expecting that anyways, so it wasn't a shock.]
They're a bit... different, from what you remember, but it's for the better. More relaxed, mostly. They've only ever had to fight Titans.
[He realized he sounded really weird, like fighting Titans wasn't a huge deal already, but he personally considered all the human life he's had to take to be far more impactful on his psyche.]