[ that was a very lex answer and one he was expecting, really. it was simple, that way. unsurprised, eren continues. ]

I take theirs away. [ which wasn’t far off of killing, either. whether it be taking one person’s life, or killing far too many in the web he knows exists— until there is no web. until there is no wheel. ] It doesn’t matter if it’s a person or an idea, or, [ he gestures to wherever the mind takes her. an idea englobes societies, worlds, ] the collateral damage that causes doesn’t stop me.

[ he doesn’t seem like he’s fond of that. in fact, there’s a part of him that’s completely withered about it. women, children, bystanders, innocents. family. friends. it didn’t stop him at all, no matter how much it twisted his chest to the point that his heart iced some to stop feeling. even if it never worked in warding it all off. ]

I’ve always been this way.

[ his intentions are good— what he thinks is good, and what aligns with his views of who he wants in that circle. the rest . . . the rest couldn’t matter. the rest was ugly and unstoppable and that’s why it was monstrous. ]