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Reiner was in a total state of shock whenever he found out that Eren Jaeger was really Mr. Kruger. heh. how did that happen? is it a fact that Eren isn't as crafty with fake names as usual or something? but that doesn't matter right now.
"hey... what's wrong?" Falco wondered. "Mr. Kruger said you were old friends and that he wanted to surprise you." he explained to Reiner. "it's true, right? you two were friends?"
"yeah." Eren said. "and we have a whole lot to catch up on. i don't even know where to start." after a moment of silence, Eren spoke up again. "sit down, Reiner." Reiner hesitated. "i found us good seats. you can hear everything that happens on stage. we're right beneath an apartment building. it's behind the stage, but still. it's full of excited families waiting at their windows for the curtains to rise." Reiner had noticed that his palm had been sliced as well as Eren pointed up. "they're all directly above us."
Falco noticed the injury as well. "say, Mr. Kruger." he began. "did you cut your hand?" he wondered.
"yeah." Eren said. "it's just a scratch." then, he focused his attention back to Reiner. "Reiner. sit." he commanded with his voice not changing whatsoever. without another word, Reiner accepted this and sat down.
"so, uhh... i think i should head back to the others now." Falco said. but before he could go anywhere, Eren stopped him without even batting an eye.
"no, Falco." Eren said. Falco turned his way over to Eren to see what was going on. "you should stay here and listen to us." he requested.
Falco was confused on end about this. "just... do as he says, alright?" Reiner said, also not batting an eye towards Falco, too scared to even think of a valid excuse for him to go back to his friends.
but, Falco decided to stay anyways, seeing that he had no other choice. "'kay." he said.
Eren, Reiner and Falco then overheard the fanfare playing, indicating that the show was about to begin. Falco looked up a bit, knowing that the show was about to start. Eren kept his focus on Reiner, which he was still shocked to know that he was in Liberio in the first place. "why, Eren... why come here?" Reiner wondered without looking up at Eren one bit. "what do you plan to do?"
Falco was just staring the entire time. "the exact same thing you did." Eren said.
"no..." Reiner said. "i..." then, he placed his hands on his head in disbelief.
"as for why." Eren began. "that's the same, too." he clarified. "i don't have a choice. that's why." then, they heard the applause and camera's flashing upon the speaker, Willy Tybur. head of the Tybur Family. a very successful family in Marley. Reiner was still in disbelief whenever Eren looked up. "sounds like the show's begun." Eren said. "we should listen."
the applause went on and on before it finally started to settle down. "let's pull back the veil of time." Willy Tybur began. "roughly a century ago, the Eldian Empire ruled the world through the might of its Titans. humanity as we know it could go extinct three times over, and the body count still wouldn't match the number of lives that Titans have stolen. such is the legacy of the Founder, Ymir." he said as shadows of a Titan eating a human being showed behind him.
