i'mma shut it all down

jean smells good probably

Pursing his lips and squinting, Jean laughed out at himself. He loved teasing Eren, especially when it came to these types of things. “We can nap later.”

But, at least he hadn’t taken Jean’s comment about Hange to heart, that was something. Maybe he wasn’t as much of an ass licker as Jean had previously thought. Brushing a hand over his jaw, brow furrowed slightly, he made his mind up. Looking at a book wouldn’t do any harm, besides he wasn’t going to see any of those things for himself so he might as well read about them before he died, right? “Yeah, that’d be— yeah I’d like to see, or read about that shit. Sounds pretty crazy though, you sure it ain’t Armin makin’ shit up? Kid’s pretty much a genius I’m pretty sure he could come up with anythin’ and make it sound convincin’.”

          He ignores the comment against Armin only because he knows Jean happens to be good friends with him, and so it wasn't said with malicious intent.  Otherwise he might have turned around and punched him right then and there.  " There's mostly just drawings in there, but I still like looking at 'em ... "  He throws a glance over his shoulder.  " If you like 'em, I could let you borrow one, just ...  don't ruin it, obviously. " 

Sorry, Yeager, I couldn’t hear you from all the way down there. What was that?

I wasn't talking to your dick, Empire. 

Bring it, Loser. 

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"I’m not really," he paused. Words couldn’t be formed in the mass of thoughts. "I’m a mess, Eren, and it’s really not your fault, I just can’t-" He stopped before his voice cracked. Even though it killed him, he stared into those emerald eyes of the boy across from him. "I can’t be with you anymore."

          " ... Maybe ...  Maybe we should just try ...  taking a break, and talking it out. "  It's a strained offer, hesitant and tight, but ...  if Jean wasn't sure, then maybe it was worth a shot. 

"S’nother weird word. Sounds kinda nice though, I guess. Maybe I’ll use it on Hange and see if she knows what it means." He shrugged, stupid comment. A poor, risky attempt at humour as the shifter could have taken offense; he was quite close with their superiors after all. As such, Jean was quick to change the subject. His curiosity at Eren’s literary conquests was piqued and so he used it as an escape route. "What other books d’you an’ Armin read anway? Sounds like you read a whole bunch or somethin’."

          He snorts as he drops his hand again.  " Heh.  I always wonder how much those two know, but I can never find the way to bring some of these words up in conversation.  Anyway, um. "  A pause, followed by an uncertain glance up at Jean.  " ... Yeah.  I actually have a few of the books down in my room, if you wanna see ...  there's claims that over seventy five percent of the world is actually water.  And there's lands of ice, and rivers of fire ...  they're kind of rare, since they're facts we lost when the Titans ... " 

He is uni-lingual and slightly ashamed so he says nothing on this matter, simply moving on to the next point Eren had raised. “Oh— guess I thought you did read it years ago or somethin’, dunno why. But still, that’s a pretty crazy memory you got there. Or maybe it’s jus’ a coincidence that I happened to be talkin’ about a word you already knew about.”

          He quirks his mouth, contemplatively.  " We've been reading it from cover to cover, and I just got past all the Q words like, two days ago.  I'm stuck in the middle of R.  There's a lot in there.  I don't remember every word I read, but like.  There was one -- quacksalver -- that means someone who pretends to have knowledge in medicine.  Like?  Wow. " 

"Well I guess queues kinda look like tails. Still pretty weird though. But hold on a sec, how the heck are you rememberin’ all this shit?"

          " I don't know much in the way of French, just Turkish, so I dunno about that, but I'll take your word for it. "  He hitches a shoulder, canting his head to the side.  " -- You ask like I'm saying I read it years ago or something.  He still has it.  We go through it a lot, especially when Levi or Hange says something neither of us really get, so ... "  He doesn't add plus, I'm not stupid, no matter how heavy the temptation.  Not gonna be childish.  He's a big boy.