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[hopeformankind]

@finncomet continued from here.

☄️ "Of course they don't."

"...it's always in the back of your mind, though. Like a small part of you questions everything you do." 🦋

" I know. "

His voice was quiet, tone filled with a fatherly gentleness that probably wouldn't always be heard from the Commander while he sat with the doubtful hero on the grass-- a rare moment of respite for Erwin-- as he did his best to try to comfort Finn. Erwin... wasn't always the best at it. He was more of a blunt sort, one that didn't truly offer comfort but instead advice. A rough push of guidance, like how he had with Levi in their day.

" It's this lingering sensation, reminding you of what you could become. Sometimes it feels all-consuming, that whatever it is that keeps reminding you of your choices will be able to say that it knows for certain. It makes you hesitate, second-guess yourself. It'll then lead to you having others make your choices for you. "

" While it's hard to force yourself to not listen to that small part of your mind... it's good to keep in mind that with choices, there will always be good ones and bad ones-- ones that will remind you of the person you don't want to be, and ones that remind you of the person you do want to be. The good choices won't always soften the blow of the harder ones... but the 'bad' choices won't always ruin the meaning of the good ones. "

" You can't go back to the past to change the choices you made, but... you can use it to improve yourself and the situation around you. You can use it to learn. And that's what would set you so far apart from that. There are those that never learn, and those that do. "