[Subaru inhales. He’s ready to let it all out, lay it all on him - give Eren no room to disagree, have him hate him as much as he does.

But he remembers Rem, remembers how when he did the exact same thing to her, she responded with only love.

It takes the energy right out of him.]

…I’m the kind of man who continues to hate himself, even when someone special to him told him he was her hero.

[It feels like his greatest shame; that he can’t be the man Rem thinks - thought - he is.]

That’s right…even when someone believes in me, with all their heart, I throw it right back in their face.