[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...]
[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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Yes.
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[He kicks the side of the hay bale Akechi is planted on.] Let me get this to the side, at least. How'd you get it over here if it's so hard?
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Through perseverance, teamwork, and a phenomenal amount of will power.
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Anyway - he doesn't move immediately. Can't, actually. His body is a temple of pain.
While Maruki explains what's happening with some canned shit response, Akechi just. Slides from hay to the ground. His little victorian knees.]
We pushed it. It took an excessive amount of time.
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[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...]
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[ Oh. There he goes with it. He doesn't struggle one bit... ]
... A few hours.
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MOVES IT? IT JUST MOVES?
You know what, this validates everything they've done. This task needed a titan. That's it. He doesn't-
His eyes shut and then reopen.]
What happened in the past is irrelevant. The point is you're more suited to this type of manual labor and should be able to complete it promptly.
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Alright. I'll go get the rest, I guess.
Are you getting paid for this?
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Stares at Akechi.
Are they? ]
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In a sense. Not all payment is monetary. Often the most valuable type is one you can't use until much later.
[No. ♥]
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At.
Akechi.
But much flatter now. ]
Oh, do tell.
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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.
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[He's gonna go get another hay bale.]
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[ Oh, it's so embarrassing. ]
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[He's gonna just SIT FOR A MINUTE.]
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I'm not sure that's necessary, but...
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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.
Anyway.
Does he have more abs?
Whatever.
Akechi tosses the shirt at Maruki's head.]
You can hold his stuff.