The sky hung over the town like a moss-green curtain;

from within, beams of light occasionally slipped through in silence,

leaving behind a green trail as they fell to the earth.

Eren and Yaman stood behind a crumbling stone wall,

trying to quietly look up at the sky.

One of the light beams was larger than the others

and was heading straight toward them.

Eren and Yaman watched it in panic.

The light seemed to be targeting Eren.

It struck his abdomen as he tried to escape.

The impact hurled Eren far away.

---

Yaman’s eyes widened.

“Eren?!”

He bent down in horror and ran to Eren’s side.

“Don’t… don’t die, okay!

What… what am I supposed to do now?!”

Blood… thick, hot, dark…

Eren’s clothes were soaked in blood.

But then, something impossible happened before Yaman’s eyes.

A green, glowing stone the size of a fist had appeared in Eren’s abdomen.

The stone had started to close the wound from the inside out.

Skin, flesh, and muscle were merging again as if sculpted by light.

From his abdomen, a stream of light flowed into his body

like a glowing line of fire.

---

Yaman’s mouth fell open.

His breath caught in his throat.

And in that moment, he understood:

This thing… this stone… wasn’t just a stone.

A miracle was unfolding before his eyes.

And Eren… was undergoing a transformation.

---

Eren’s body was still convulsing.

Sweat dripped from his forehead, and his lips trembled.

His eyes were closed; he was unconscious.

And then, an aura began to form around him.

A wave of invisible energy that made the air tremble.

It spread like a green-blue mist.

It kept expanding—engulfing Yaman as well.

Yaman reached out and cradled Eren’s head in his lap.

Hot… so hot.

But the true heat came from within Eren.

In that moment… Yaman’s heart began to shatter.

---

Pain...

Grief...

Joy...

Longing...

Fear...

Hope...

All of them surged through him at once, with full intensity.

Tears streamed down his face uncontrollably.

He didn’t want Eren to die beside him.

But at the same time… he wanted to live with him.

The aura kept expanding, pulsing—

as if the world had become a heart beating to Eren’s rhythm.

And within Eren, a different kind of war had begun.

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Eren’s Mind – Within the Void

There was nothing.

But that nothing wasn’t silent.

The first sound was a child crying.

Then, a mother’s prayer.

Then, a man’s whisper: “Don’t forget me…”

Thousands of voices began to layer upon one another.

Like an orchestra… but without notes.

There was only fear.

Eren tried to open his eyes,

but he had no body.

He was merely a consciousness—

a presence that had fallen into the shared heart of humanity.

---

Each voice was a soul’s cry.

Each feeling, a wound.

It was as if the world was afraid.

And for the first time, someone could hear that fear.

Eren…

He saw war through a child’s eyes.

He felt loneliness from a mother’s heart.

He lived despair from a young man’s mind.

“These… they’re not mine,” he said to himself.

“But… they’re all inside me.”

---

A light was born in the darkness.

A green glow ignited at the center of his heart.

And from there, a feeling emerged:

I must help.

I must listen.

I must be with them.