[ It would be all too easy to claim credit for it, but he's not that kind of person. ]
He didn't actually need convincing. [ In fact, he'd acted surprised by Levi's conclusion, even if he'd merely gone off the man's words. But the leader had merely been trying to calm down the people coming from their own worlds that they were not stolen away from their lives indefinitely, he supposes. Statistically, a lot of them might prefer home to this. Their world is... an outlier. ] Probably just didn't occur to him.
[ Not that Levi wasn't ready to convince him if that hadn't been the case. He'd been pretty rude about it to begin with; pulling a knife out and threatening to sabotage their world saving efforts would have been par for course. But. Well. Good thing it didn't come to that, probably. It's not like he has magic. ]
Tsk--
[ Too late, his feet are leaving the ground. He grumbles and squirms a little but ultimately accepts the bearish hug, tension gradually easing out of him. ]
[ He thinks how he felt in that plane, after they'd turned away from each other for the last time. His good hand briefly lands on Hange's back, his fist pressing against their shirt. ]
[ It's just for a moment, but he returns it. ]
...
[ Of course, he can't let them get any ideas about that, so a moment later, he's using that same hand to try to pull them back by the ponytail. Which definitely needs a wash. Ugh. ]
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He didn't actually need convincing. [ In fact, he'd acted surprised by Levi's conclusion, even if he'd merely gone off the man's words. But the leader had merely been trying to calm down the people coming from their own worlds that they were not stolen away from their lives indefinitely, he supposes. Statistically, a lot of them might prefer home to this. Their world is... an outlier. ] Probably just didn't occur to him.
[ Not that Levi wasn't ready to convince him if that hadn't been the case. He'd been pretty rude about it to begin with; pulling a knife out and threatening to sabotage their world saving efforts would have been par for course. But. Well. Good thing it didn't come to that, probably. It's not like he has magic. ]
Tsk--
[ Too late, his feet are leaving the ground. He grumbles and squirms a little but ultimately accepts the bearish hug, tension gradually easing out of him. ]
[ He thinks how he felt in that plane, after they'd turned away from each other for the last time. His good hand briefly lands on Hange's back, his fist pressing against their shirt. ]
[ It's just for a moment, but he returns it. ]
...
[ Of course, he can't let them get any ideas about that, so a moment later, he's using that same hand to try to pull them back by the ponytail. Which definitely needs a wash. Ugh. ]
Oi, that's enough. Let me breathe.