[ Really, Jean, it's not that he doesn't trust you, buuuuuut... ]
[ If he doesn't do everything he can and something happens, he won't be able to make peace with it. Never again, his mind chants insistently whenever he thinks of Jean's lonely form on that frozen lake, courtesy of Hijikata's story. He just can't allow it. It's as simple as that. ]
[ He considers telling him how nobody ever is truly "ready" to die, but then, he's been proven wrong on that, hasn't he? He's bearing the scars of that mistake. So it's best that he doesn't put it in anybody else's head, lest it gets repeated. ]
There's no shame in taking precautions.
[ Just in case Jean is turning this into some weird not-being-good-enough self-flagellation in his head. Making sure Mikasa doesn't need to suffer his death a second time is more important than trying to look cool to strangers, right? Now put on that construction helmet, Jean... ]
[Jean nods and then puts the pin onto his shirt. It doesn't look that strange anyway, to have a pin on your clothes. Just like the floating cape(s) worked well under his Survey Corps one.]
I'll have to set it up after training.
[Even if setting it up now would save him from pain, but it would probably hinder with training :| ]
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That's not what I said.
[ Really, Jean, it's not that he doesn't trust you, buuuuuut... ]
[ If he doesn't do everything he can and something happens, he won't be able to make peace with it. Never again, his mind chants insistently whenever he thinks of Jean's lonely form on that frozen lake, courtesy of Hijikata's story. He just can't allow it. It's as simple as that. ]
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I know. I do appreciate it and I've been meaning to buy one for myself, so... Thank you, really.
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There's no shame in taking precautions.
[ Just in case Jean is turning this into some weird not-being-good-enough self-flagellation in his head. Making sure Mikasa doesn't need to suffer his death a second time is more important than trying to look cool to strangers, right?
Now put on that construction helmet, Jean...]no subject
I'll have to set it up after training.
[Even if setting it up now would save him from pain, but it would probably hinder with training :| ]
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Right. Let me know when you're good to continue.
[ Training from hell awaits another day! He'll just... go off to deliver one to Mikasa, too, in the meantime. ]
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[Good luck with that, captain. Good luck.]
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