[Armin understands. It's almost something that doesn't need to be spoken. He's Eren's. Eren is his. Mikasa - she's theirs too, and they're hers. Whatever that might come to mean, it doesn't matter. It'll always be true.]

Eren...

[Armin's voice becomes very soft. He reaches up to thumb away the tears on Eren's cheeks.]

I won't leave you...[Isn't that what started this whole thing anyway?]

You're...you're right.

[He takes a deep breath, tries to inflate his chest as much as possible. Then, he breathes it out. it's a feeble attempt at trying to look, or sound, or maybe even feel brave, but...it doesn't quite land on any of those fronts. Still...]

We'll find a way to win. Both of us. We will, we...we have to...