[Rin has perfected the art of the kicked puppy look, and he's wearing it fairly well right now. Any twitch of his lips that could turn in to a scowl fades within seconds, the chastised look remains complete with ears and tail drooping low.
He doesn't respond to Kohaku since she takes up his hands and begins healing his bruises without letting him get a word in anyway. It's only when Armin starts in on him that he even begins to muster some sort of conjecture to all of it.]
He's a friend, Armin. Reiner was, too. I didn't leave you when you needed me and I wasn't gonna leave him. He needs friends, not... lockin' himself away in that damn mill with no one around. That's a damn good way to lose your fuckin' mind, would you rather have that runnin' around?!
[He doesn't mean to raise his voice, and the second it comes out he visibly winces at his own tone, drawing his hands away from Kohaku, rubbing them together.]
I didn't want to push him, but when I tried to tell him that everythin' went sideways and I couldn't talk him down over the phone. I had to go out there and tell him I wasn't leavin' until he came with me...
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He doesn't respond to Kohaku since she takes up his hands and begins healing his bruises without letting him get a word in anyway. It's only when Armin starts in on him that he even begins to muster some sort of conjecture to all of it.]
He's a friend, Armin. Reiner was, too. I didn't leave you when you needed me and I wasn't gonna leave him. He needs friends, not... lockin' himself away in that damn mill with no one around. That's a damn good way to lose your fuckin' mind, would you rather have that runnin' around?!
[He doesn't mean to raise his voice, and the second it comes out he visibly winces at his own tone, drawing his hands away from Kohaku, rubbing them together.]
I didn't want to push him, but when I tried to tell him that everythin' went sideways and I couldn't talk him down over the phone. I had to go out there and tell him I wasn't leavin' until he came with me...