[As dry as ever:] Did you try pushing it both at the same time?
[With this, he leans down, gripping the back of the hay bale with two hands. It does take some effort to push it across the barn floor, but Eren doesn't exactly break a sweat, even if his muscles do strain. It feels kinda nice, actually...]
I did have to tamper with its nature somewhat when creating it. Else it would have attacked us already, I fear. The farm animals would be all too tempting a treat as well.
[This Morbol won't do much of anything on account of Hythlodaeus basically rendering it so docile that it would probably die anyway if not lovingly hand fed. Who cares! He's going to unmake it soon enough. Just don't let Hermes know.]
Not that I couldn't restrain it if needed, of course. Alas, during the war I only had my soul sight at my disposal...
[People sure have a lot of questions after they agreed to do shit. This is their fault, actually. Let this be a lesson to learn everything about a mission prior, etc etc etc.
Anyway - he meets both of their goddamn gazes. Fight him.]
Good will with the locals. It's worth more than their spare change and can be exploited in the future.
[He does not need help. He carries back another hay bale, then another, then another. Around the fourth one, he starts getting warm and takes off his coat and the shirt underneath. He tosses his coat toward Maruki, his shirt toward Akechi. Then, it's back to hay haulin'.]
[ That coat hits him right in the face, and he flails through a fight with it before swinging it over his shoulders, because he's cold. It's cold. There is literally snow on the ground? And Eren's just out here, blasting his nips. What a world. ]
[Does Akechi look like a goddamn laundry hamper for Eren's sweaty shirt?????
The only reason he bites his tongue is because Eren is still at the halfway mark. If he gets irritated and leaves, that leaves them to finish up. It won't be completed.
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