T-then you want to draw on me? Or I'll make a funny face, o-or maybe I have a pen here somewhere-- Yes I should... Where did it go!? Haaaaaa, I really am useless!
[Mask casually retrieves a collection of various items not meant to be juggled, such as pumpkins, horns, a bicycle, a bottle of fine wine and a chainsaw.
And promptly juggles them. Of course, the chainsaw removes his head and he juggles that too.
AND THEN IT ALL GOES BACK IN HIS COAT. Except his head, that would be silly.]
Speaking of which, the kick gets a loud gong noise out of his head, which vibrates on the spot. That spreads down through him until it reaches his feet, causing him to judder about all over the place.
Once he recovers-]
Your king fu is strong...
[Spinning on the spot, guess who is now dressed in a karate gi and has a Mister Miyagi beard?]
[Getting up in his signature yellow tornado maneuver, he whirls around Annie in a quick loop before returning to where he started, totally fine. Look ma, all the teeth you could ever need!]
You know a guy could really fall for a girl like you.
[How about a forehead poke-
that will probably knock her flat on her butt because on his way around he swapped over all those belts and buckles and things into a tangled mess.
[ Between the two of them Armin is better at hiding his feelings, but his anger is in every line of his body. She's not surprised or moved; it's expected. He'd been naive enough to think of them as comrades, and realized that trust was misplaced. ]
[ Of all the questions he should be asking her - why, Annie, and what is your objective, and where do you really come from, and how many of you are there - this is the one he chooses to ask.
She huffs out a breath in what could almost be mistaken for a laugh. He wants honesty? She'll give him honesty. ]
People are like insects. They'll scramble about their lives the way they're programmed to, surviving just to survive, eating each other if they have to.
Maybe there are some of you who have convictions, who try to live by some greater ideal. You're the ones who try to make being a human being mean something.
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Whatever.
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[Mask casually retrieves a collection of various items not meant to be juggled, such as pumpkins, horns, a bicycle, a bottle of fine wine and a chainsaw.
And promptly juggles them. Of course, the chainsaw removes his head and he juggles that too.
AND THEN IT ALL GOES BACK IN HIS COAT. Except his head, that would be silly.]
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why ]
You're right, it is.
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Live a little! Pointless is fun! Would you rather be doing your taxes or something?
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I'm usually much more irritating! Eeeeexample-
[Hey Annie ever had a weird guy with a big green head honk your noise with a literal 'BEEP' before?
First time for everything.]
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i'm sorry but she jerks back and kicks mask in the face ]
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Speaking of which, the kick gets a loud gong noise out of his head, which vibrates on the spot. That spreads down through him until it reaches his feet, causing him to judder about all over the place.
Once he recovers-]
Your king fu is strong...
[Spinning on the spot, guess who is now dressed in a karate gi and has a Mister Miyagi beard?]
But mine is much stronger, huahaoh!
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she ducks low to sweep him off his feet then drives her fist up towards his jaw ]
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He gets smack around like a punching bag that slept with a dude's wife, ending up quite mangled and on the ground.
After spitting out a few teeth and in a croaky voice-]
Oh-kay...maybe your kung fu is stronger...
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You know a guy could really fall for a girl like you.
[How about a forehead poke-
that will probably knock her flat on her butt because on his way around he swapped over all those belts and buckles and things into a tangled mess.
hah, take that, little miss kingdom hearts pants]
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Annie.
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I THINK SO. ]
You should leave.
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Believe me, I'd love to.
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What be dis?
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stares back ]
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He laughs though, smiling with all of his sharp looking teeth and tusks.]
Oh, if looks coul' kill! But lil' one, dat don' answer me question. What be 'dis' dat be pointless?
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Point be, what be de harm in letting yourself see tings outside your world, an' leave behind ya thought fo' history? Dat how I be seeing it anyway!
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Not by choice.
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[Now now, Annie, he's not mad, just...disappointed.
...and mad.]
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So are you.
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[Then, after a pause, softer:] I'm trying to understand.
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You can't understand everything, Armin.
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[His voice gets a little desperate here, because you were their friend, Annie...]
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I don't give up quite as quickly as some people do.
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The real world doesn't work that way.
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She doesn't feel pride in her mission. She doesn't feel shame, either. The world and its moral hang-ups are beneath her.
(Or so she tells herself.) ]
I'm not going to make this easy for you.
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I'm simply wondering if just living in it is enough for you, or if it matters how you live.
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She huffs out a breath in what could almost be mistaken for a laugh. He wants honesty? She'll give him honesty. ]
People are like insects. They'll scramble about their lives the way they're programmed to, surviving just to survive, eating each other if they have to.
Maybe there are some of you who have convictions, who try to live by some greater ideal. You're the ones who try to make being a human being mean something.
But the rest of us? We're still just insects.
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Then why make an effort at all?
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Who knows?
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[And he still thinks you're a shitty liar.]
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[ Maybe she is. Or maybe Eren can just read her uncommonly well.
She's not sure she prefers either option. ]