[They want the same thing. Eren knows that they want the same thing. They want their loved ones to remain safe - they want to protect them. It's always been that way. It's why these two are capable of the worst; Eren's worst is...just worse.

[There's nothing to protect, really. Eren can no longer die in any way that matters. He's already dead. Historia lives...]

I don't protect you for the same reasons others do. [The way a government "protects" a queen...]

You're important to me.

[Something feels tight in his throat. He doesn't have any right to say it, anymore, but...still.]

Anyone that I love. I'd protect them if I could. I'd want to.