[Not immediately jumping on the desperation confession? He must’ve been really out of it....]

[Aubrey starts to look his way when he pauses, notices he beat her to it, averts again. There’s something dull and heavy in her chest. Might be there to stay.]

[She decides not to tell him about the shift after.]

[She lets his words hang in silence for some time. Not at all because she believes them. It’s… a courtesy, or similar.]

Hey, Eren. [This, instead.]