[He allows Aubrey to take his hands. There are tears in his eyes.

[’Don’t tell anyone I was crying, okay?’]

Aubrey…

[They’re friends. They’re friends, and she’s scared, and it’s him she’s scared of.

[Maybe she should be.]

You’re my friend. I wouldn’t hurt you, okay?

[He can’t tell if he’s lying.

[He can’t tell if he’s lying.]

No! Even…even if it did come to that, I’d…I’d save you.

[Just like he’ll “save” the people who are begging him to stop The Rumbling.

[Eren Jaeger is, as it turns out, still Eren Jaeger. And it seems that, despite everything, he’s already started adjusting to this new idea…]