Of course there is no guarantee. It's magic. New magic, at that, and one that is based on trust. Something that Reiner utterly destroyed back in their world, betraying Eren more thoroughly than he betrayed anyone else. (Save for Marco.) Something that Reiner believes they've rebuilt here, despite everything.
Still, it's one thing for Reiner to cradle that trust to his chest, feeling it in hands and fingernails on napes, blows withheld, and intricate knots crisscrossing Eren's skin. It's another to literally put it to the test.
He tries not to let his nerves show, listening attentively as their teacher lays out the instructions. It sounds simple enough. All they have to do is pull a sword from a stone, and then…
Well, then some magic happens. One of them pulls a weapon from the other. (Which sounds painful as hell, but the teacher insists that it won't be.) If this does work, then which one of them will be the vessel and which one the wielder?
Reiner looks over at Eren as they start toward a sword, hoping to gauge how Eren feels about all this. "Any guesses what kind of weapon it will be?"
It will, not it might. Reiner wants to believe this will work.
CLOSED: Vessel & Wielder (for Eren Jaeger)
Of course there is no guarantee. It's magic. New magic, at that, and one that is based on trust. Something that Reiner utterly destroyed back in their world, betraying Eren more thoroughly than he betrayed anyone else. (Save for Marco.) Something that Reiner believes they've rebuilt here, despite everything.
Still, it's one thing for Reiner to cradle that trust to his chest, feeling it in hands and fingernails on napes, blows withheld, and intricate knots crisscrossing Eren's skin. It's another to literally put it to the test.
He tries not to let his nerves show, listening attentively as their teacher lays out the instructions. It sounds simple enough. All they have to do is pull a sword from a stone, and then…
Well, then some magic happens. One of them pulls a weapon from the other. (Which sounds painful as hell, but the teacher insists that it won't be.) If this does work, then which one of them will be the vessel and which one the wielder?
Reiner looks over at Eren as they start toward a sword, hoping to gauge how Eren feels about all this. "Any guesses what kind of weapon it will be?"
It will, not it might. Reiner wants to believe this will work.