[ the look she gives him is a sidelong one... not amused, though her lips curl up, just a little. oh, Ken. ]
You haven't realized that's how I've been living since August?
[ how careful she's been. how she shows up at the mandated locations. how she plays so very, very nice, for a certain definition of nice - annie isn't social, but she hasn't caused harm.
before now. and yet...
... and yet because of men and women no longer here, because of emotional people like jean and armin, because of being less and more than human, because she's screwed up enough still to balk and wrestle with the concept of friends and allies...
... because of all that, annie has lived under a "perfect citizen" mandate for six months. it's only worse now. she's the perfect reformed monster, just as long as her leash is strong enough. she's under no illusions what life here will be like the moment the military decides not to back her anymore. she hasn't yet come up with a means to escape. ]
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You haven't realized that's how I've been living since August?
[ how careful she's been. how she shows up at the mandated locations. how she plays so very, very nice, for a certain definition of nice - annie isn't social, but she hasn't caused harm.
before now. and yet...
... and yet because of men and women no longer here, because of emotional people like jean and armin, because of being less and more than human, because she's screwed up enough still to balk and wrestle with the concept of friends and allies...
... because of all that, annie has lived under a "perfect citizen" mandate for six months. it's only worse now. she's the perfect reformed monster, just as long as her leash is strong enough. she's under no illusions what life here will be like the moment the military decides not to back her anymore. she hasn't yet come up with a means to escape. ]