He's gonna change her like a remix, then he'll raise her like a phoenix

[otomechapilot]

(For a second, there's a certain gathering tension in the network. Both bewilderment and fear. It comes to a head in a single, piercing telepathic cry, not quite a scream, over the network.)

Oh my GOD, what did I DO!?

Oh my god I nearly killed Hebe! Is - was Hebe one of ours?! Was Atlas? Athena? Nike?! Kallias!? The manticore!? Doctor whatsisname was definitely one of ours but I just -

Oh god oh god please tell me I didn't kill any of ours.

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[bite_the_hand]

[Eren waits for a brief moment while others help calm her down from the initial freaking out. A few people telling her to breathe is good; half the Network telling her that would be less good. Once she's had time to catch her breath, Eren speaks up.]

First time you Infiltrated as someone like that, huh? It helps to remember they were the one that did all of that, not you. Doesn't fix everything, but... It's a start.

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[otomechapilot]

Sarai wasn't even that bad. Compared to other Greeks, anyway. Just... really into killing monsters.

It's not that she wasn't like me. It's that she was a LOT like me.

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[bite_the_hand]

Of course she was a lot like you. You wouldn't have ended up Infiltrating as her if she wasn't. But just because she was a lot like you doesn't mean she was you. You had no control over her actions so whatever she did wasn't your fault. Even if what she did is what you would've done before you became a Traveler that doesn't mean that's who you are now. Who you are now is what's important.

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[otomechapilot]

...Yeah.

I wish... I really hope being orphaned isn't a running theme with my Infiltrations. That's not something anyone else needs to go through, and it's... bloodthirsty Spartan stuff aside, it freaks me out that what happened to her parents was as close to what happened to mine as you were gonna get in Legendary Greece.

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[bite_the_hand]

You might have to get used to that. Chariot told me we possess the people most like us. I think what our Overlays have been through in the past is a big part of that. Most of the people I've Infiltrated as have been orphans too. Or they might as well have been.

At least that's better than being somebody that still has a loving parent. Even if you think you want that at first, when it finally happens it just reminds you how much has been stolen from you.