Locked away. Alone. Nobody to keep him company but himself. Time ticked by so slowly one would assume it wasn't passing by in the slightest.

A procedure Eren was used to by now. His more regular transformations, allegedly done out of loss of control over his emotions, which just barely scratched the surface of reasons, led him to be seen more like a threat than the hope humanity had waited for.

If they knew exactly why he acted the way he did, perhaps they wouldn't judge him. That was purely wishful thinking, however. They weren't going to hear any excuses for his destructive actions, even if they warranted in his mind.

Truth be told, you were the reason. The one he loved beyond words. He desired to keep you safe, as much as Paradise and its people. If it meant shifting into his Attack Titan — he would without question.

Yet all you saw was danger, a menace who took several lives as if they were nothing more than a hindrance. In his eyes, they were. They obstructed his path towards a life of freedom.

With you.

His teal eyes roamed your shadow's outline as you headed towards his cell, a look of genuine melancholy on his face when he gazed at you, though it was hidden by a stoic expression.

"You here to scold me too, I assume?"