[Maruki recalls his love of talking - hours and hours with Rumi, never running out of things to say. It's no surprise, really. That's what Eren loves about Maruki. It must have been what Rumi loved about him too.

[Sometimes, he thinks to himself that Rumi would have had to have fallen back in love with Maruki eventually, if only they were allowed that time. He understands why it isn't possible, but he understands what it's like to love Maruki too.

[He'd never say it out loud. He wouldn't dream of it.

[At any rate, Eren's fairly certain that this is the most Maruki's gotten to talk about Rumi in a very, very long time...]

I can picture it perfectly. It all makes perfect sense.

[We're supposed to be together, and we're not.]

Tell me more. Tell me whatever you want. I want to know...