video, both courts.

[andallbite]

[ It's been a couple of weeks since he's last shown up over the lockets (gone mostly forgotten thanks to other events), but when Eren finally makes another appearance, he seems a little exasperated. ]

I need a mechanic. [ Yeah, that's the greeting. ] Or—just anyone who can repair something for me. My maneuvering gear is busted, and I can't get it to work again on my own, so I'm looking for anyone who's willing to give it a shot.

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video;

[liven]

Eren. What are you fixing? How did it break?

[ She can't help at all but she's nosy. What's broken. ]

I haven't seen anything here that looks like it has gears in it.

[ So it has to be something interesting. ]

[andallbite]

[ Oh, it's her again... ]

Weren't you listening? I said it's my maneuvering gear. I didn't have it on when I was grabbing a bite down there.

[liven]

I don't know what that is.

[ Why would she know what that is. ]

Unless you're speaking about a bicycle in strange terms.

[andallbite]

No, I'm not.

[ Those haven't been invented yet. :'| ]

Soldiers use them where I'm from. It's a kind of weapon.

[liven]

[ your life is truly a sad one eren ]

Oh. What does it do? Do you shoot people with it?

[ ??? Imagining a steampunkish gun right now. apparently she doesn't have any opinion on the fact/implication that he's a soldier. ]

[andallbite]

[ Blame the time period he lives in, not himself..... He also makes a face, like where did you get the impression he goes around shooting people? ]

You shoot cables with it, and not at people. Guns are different; these use swords.

[liven]

Can you show me once you get it fixed?

[ It sounds kinda neat...a cable shooting thing + maneuvering gives her a more accurate mental image, but she's still curious. ]

[andallbite]

You can look at it, but I'm not using it unless I have to. I can't go using up gas as easily here.

[liven]

I'll take looking at it. How do you get gas for it? That..."Station" place?

[andallbite]

That's right. I don't know why it has any, but I'm really not complaining.

no problem

[liven]

I want to go there sometime. It sounds weird.

[ weird is interesting ]

[andallbite]

So's everything else. If that's what you're looking for, try travelling the world.

[liven]

Maybe. That sort of thing gets boring.

[ Lonely. ]

And I have less interest in the natives of this place than I do in the people of other worlds.

[andallbite]

You think so? It seems to me there's a lot to see out there—and I don't mean just the people.

[liven]

I've seen lands at war. And magic, or near enough to it. It got boring even with a companion to speak with. Perhaps there will be some new things. But the overarching truths will be the same.

[andallbite]

[ Uh... oh.... ]

Y'mean none of this is new to you? I wouldn't have thought there'd be anyplace else like this one.

[liven]

Creatures here are new. So are powers. But living things are living things. This war is not a new thing. The way people live out there will not be new. The things they want, the things they sacrifice for.

The clothes are different, but it's still life.

[andallbite]

[ There's a pause on his end, then: ]

I can't imagine life is the same in any two places. Everything here has already been new for me.

[liven]

[ Well, she has a weird way of looking at things...even though she's curious, she's very very very tired of life in general. Ignore her, Eren. ]

It isn't something you would think or notice until you were older. Perhaps someday you'll think the same. It is good that things are still new to you, however.

[andallbite]

I doubt my age has anything to do with it.

[liven]

What do you think has to do with it, then?

[andallbite]

This world has a lot more. The way people think is different, too. That's not something growing up more where I'm from would get me used to before ending up here.

[liven]

How is it different? I suppose that could be the case. To me, the way humans think...the specifics might differ, but there are things that remain the same, always.

[andallbite]

Well—

[ he falls silent again. ]

... No, maybe you're right about that, at least.

[liven]

Oh? Admitting granny has some wisdom in her after all?

[ How nice. ]

I say this, but I'll admit the people here are interesting, for now. [ Not interesting enough to change her heart's desire, but. ] Holiday parties. Fairy wars. Different worlds. I'm not entirely bored.