[It's not the reaction Eren is expecting, though, he really had no expectations to begin with. Luz is right though. The context may be different, but the lines are just as rehearsed. He's had to teach himself how to remove all emotion from his words and only deliver the information, firm, inarguable. There were certain people who had always refused to accept that version of Eren, but he hadn't expected Luz to be one of them.
[That being said, the sentiment is aggravating for how familiar it is. He remembers others in Somnius, before he left, desperate to force life back into him, as if he had any capacity left to hold it. He's worse now than he's ever been - not just miserable, but dead, a husk.
[And he gets the feeling that no matter how much he tries to argue that, this is the type of friend that won't listen.
[She wants him to be alive. That doesn't make it true. His gaze sharpens on her.]
Be happy all you want.
There are things you can't change, Luz, no matter how it makes you look.
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[That being said, the sentiment is aggravating for how familiar it is. He remembers others in Somnius, before he left, desperate to force life back into him, as if he had any capacity left to hold it. He's worse now than he's ever been - not just miserable, but dead, a husk.
[And he gets the feeling that no matter how much he tries to argue that, this is the type of friend that won't listen.
[She wants him to be alive. That doesn't make it true. His gaze sharpens on her.]
Be happy all you want.
There are things you can't change, Luz, no matter how it makes you look.