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[Eren had been absent for the entire Jaunt so far. Well, not exactly absent, but being stuck as one of the petrified Stonefolk is effectively the same. If anyone had gone to see him in statue form his expression was mostly stubborn and angry but had been clearly changing to a look of "oh shit I messed up" when he was frozen. It's not even known whether he was Infiltrating or if he just set a Jules-level record for how quickly terrible life choices were made on a Jaunt.]

[Now, only a couple of days before the ceremony is due to take place, that particular mystery is finally solved as Eren begins to speak on the Network. His mental voice is still a bit tired, and perhaps also slightly pained - although it's likely only those close to him can fully pick up on the latter.]

This is Eren Jaeger. I'm currently stuck as some kind of lizard person again. The native lizard people - uh, Stonefolk? They said sunlight turned me into a rock. So how long have I been a statue?

Oh, and is it safe to use my real name or do I need to go by something else here? Right now they think I have amnesia, but I don't know how long I can fake that.

[He pauses for a few seconds, waiting for a certain response that never comes. When he speaks again Eren sounds sad and disappointed.]

Mikasa's Infiltrating, isn't she?

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Well, normal other than being pastel colors, but yeah. And look at it this way, better late than not at all. [That's without getting into the fact that most of the Arcana seem to have a shaky-at-best grasp on the concept of time.]

When you're ready head for the forest. The guards are all humans in uniforms. Try not to kill anyone if you don't have to.

[He's used to the kind of fight where that's absolutely necessary, but Claudia doesn't think it is, here.]

Better doesn't mean it's good enough. If there's a way to improve, you need to do it so you can keep moving forward. [At least no one ever has to wonder why he ended up one of Chariot's.]

Okay, I'll head there soon. And... I'll try. But if it comes down to killing the attackers or letting innocents get hurt, I'm not going to hold back.

[There are other factors to worry about as well, just none that Eren's realized just yet...]

[That's what they're doing now... but there are arguments it's worth pursuing with Eren, and Claudia's getting the feeling this isn't one of them.]

That'd be why I said 'try.'

[This really isn't an argument that's worth having. Claudia's relatively good at getting through to him when Eren's just being obstinate, but his skewed perception of time and history aren't things that will be easy to fix.]

As long as we're clear on that, there shouldn't be a problem.