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[bertall]

Um... This is Bertolt, and if you're hearing this I'm probably busy. You can leave a message here or call back later if you want? ...Can I start over?

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[bertall]

Haven't I always been one?

[lyingheart]

Yes.

[bertall]

Someone has to be, at least.

_{[If he doesn't worry, who will?]}

What did you tell him about Marley?

[lyingheart]

So why would it surprise any of them that you worried, like you do?

That Marley is a country where all the off-island Eldians live, and that they're in control of the Warriors, "like me." That meant mentioning what Eldians were, and that Titans were formerly human.

[bertall]

You can still be excited and worried at the same time. Blackthorn made me feel like that - it still does, sometimes.

_{[His initial worry had been about Blackthorn not living up to his expectations, but he was pleasantly surprised when it surpassed them. There's more than one reason why he's been renting out that cabin in the mountains!]}

What are you going to do if he asks about the Armored and Colossal Titans? I wouldn't be surprised if he figured out that "they" all came from the same place seeing as how "they" wanted to take humanity out.

[lyingheart]

You can feel both those things and still not react as more excited than anything else. Look, I'm not interested in arguing this, because I wasn't there when you saw the sea with everyone else here. You're the one who needs to figure that one out. If your peace here is so fragile you think the first conclusion he'll jump to is, 'it was Bertolt!' because of something like that, I don't know what you want me to say.

I'll figure that out when it comes up, but it's very likely I won't need to "do" anything.