He pauses for a moment, then pushes on: "they're too green. I don't think they'd survive on their own."
Which is really the whole rub. He knows what Bertolt is referring to, and he understands his concern. Though they might just be a skinny hipster and former primary school teacher, they could still be plenty dangerous. They had both lost people, who hasn't in this mess, and the knowledge that he and Bert are responsible for it all could make them snap.
But even knowing that, Reiner can't stand the thought of abandoning them to what might be an inevitable (un)death. They might be a threat, but they are also people and Reiner has seen too many people die recently. It gnaws at him, all these deaths he is already responsible for, and to be responsible for these deaths, and so directly as too, he isn't sure if he could hack that.
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Date: 2014-07-18 04:35 pm (UTC)He pauses for a moment, then pushes on: "they're too green. I don't think they'd survive on their own."
Which is really the whole rub. He knows what Bertolt is referring to, and he understands his concern. Though they might just be a skinny hipster and former primary school teacher, they could still be plenty dangerous. They had both lost people, who hasn't in this mess, and the knowledge that he and Bert are responsible for it all could make them snap.
But even knowing that, Reiner can't stand the thought of abandoning them to what might be an inevitable (un)death. They might be a threat, but they are also people and Reiner has seen too many people die recently. It gnaws at him, all these deaths he is already responsible for, and to be responsible for these deaths, and so directly as too, he isn't sure if he could hack that.