[ plenty of things to dwell on while you're here. plenty of things to hold you down and keep you down, and plenty more to keep you contained within yourself. everyone needs their chance at release. and everyone manages it a different way.
tess isn't the most powerful of their lot — in fact, she may well be one of the weakest — but there's more to strength than power, and there are people here who depend on her. ellie, hinata, even eren and parker and the rest of harpy — none of them can afford to let her lose herself. and while the woman may be stubborn enough to go down fighting, it'd still be a damn shame to let that happen any time soon.
the whole point of being an effective shield is knowing when to take the hit, and who to take it for. ]
i'Ll puT IT On mY LISt.
[ and in return, she gets nothing more than a slight turning up of his lips. a ghost of a smile that's still somehow more genuine than most of the others he's spare since recruitment (a good number of them with her, for her).
shirt in hand, katana strapped back on his hip. a tip of his head and he's on his way.
but it's not like she doesn't know where to find him. ]
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tess isn't the most powerful of their lot — in fact, she may well be one of the weakest — but there's more to strength than power, and there are people here who depend on her. ellie, hinata, even eren and parker and the rest of harpy — none of them can afford to let her lose herself. and while the woman may be stubborn enough to go down fighting, it'd still be a damn shame to let that happen any time soon.
the whole point of being an effective shield is knowing when to take the hit, and who to take it for. ]
i'Ll puT IT On mY LISt.
[ and in return, she gets nothing more than a slight turning up of his lips. a ghost of a smile that's still somehow more genuine than most of the others he's spare since recruitment (a good number of them with her, for her).
shirt in hand, katana strapped back on his hip. a tip of his head and he's on his way.
but it's not like she doesn't know where to find him. ]