[Eren hears Aubrey's voice like he's underwater - deep. He's vaguely aware of his name, but...when she shouts it, he only hears the voices of his comrades. They spent plenty of time calling out his name too...
[Memories land like missiles. Levi's squad, all with matching bite marks on their hands in solidarity with Eren. They loaded their bodies onto the carts to bring them back home. Titans came. The carts were too slow. They sacrificed the bodies; their second sacrifice...
[Their faces. Their screams. The sounds their bodies made when Annie crushed them in her hands.
[It's just one anecdote. A thousand others cycle rapidly through his mind, so quick and violent that he can't possibly focus on anything else. His ears start ringing like he's going to pass out.]
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[Memories land like missiles. Levi's squad, all with matching bite marks on their hands in solidarity with Eren. They loaded their bodies onto the carts to bring them back home. Titans came. The carts were too slow. They sacrificed the bodies; their second sacrifice...
[Their faces. Their screams. The sounds their bodies made when Annie crushed them in her hands.
[It's just one anecdote. A thousand others cycle rapidly through his mind, so quick and violent that he can't possibly focus on anything else. His ears start ringing like he's going to pass out.]