[Maybe a little??? He was trying to plant a bomb on you, most people would be understandably pissed off about that sort of thing. (Trying and not doing a great job, but in his defense he's never been cut out for the subterfuge thing._
He sort of huffs, raps his knuckles against the blackglass. But answers.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org I got sent home. I came back with the new recruits. It's hard to explain.
[Yeah, at least fortunately for Eren, Obi-Wan has had so many people trying to sincerely blow him up in his lifetime that it's....kind of a breath of fresh air to have a change of pace, you know? With an accidental bombing instead. The ridiculous music had only been a bonus; and, combined with Eren's admittedly less than graceful method of planting it, the notion has become almost more mildly endearing than anything.
A bit difficult, to be mad about something like that.
But this, though, this is definitely getting out of the region of strange bombs now--and of all the answers Obi-Wan had been expecting, this?
This had not been one of them.
There's a considerable pause in his own part, after Eren messages back. All kinds of questions to ask at once--why? How? But in the end....hm.]
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org Not of your own volition, I take it?
[He's spoken to Hange and Levi about it already. But that's not what Obi-Wan is asking.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org The CDC's officers? Not yet.
[He plans to, but he'd been sorting things out with some other people, first. The trip itself and the consequences of it took some adjusting to. He's hoping to catch Warriorhead in person one of these days. With things so busy in the wake of the attack, they can be a little elusive.]
[No, indeed it's not. Though he wouldn't be surprised, either, if he knew that Eren has officers from his homeworld to address first anyhow. But as it stands for the moment:]
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org I see! Well, though these things are at your own discretion anyhow, of course. I understand.
[A pause, then--as he finally realizes that perhaps they've become rather off-track, in all of this. This rumor of returning to home is still riveting to say the least, but come to think of it...if it were something that was strictly not supposed to happen, he somehow doubts the instructors here would have let it happen in the first place. Or at any rate, leave Eren in peace upon his return. And if he doesn't remember how it happened either...
Well, maybe it's not entirely his business to prod just yet. Another question for another time; or, at the very least, something to think about and keep an eye out for later. For now though, at length--]
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org But anyhow! I see I'm steering us away now, from the matters at hand. After all, if you'll beg my pardon for presuming, I imagine you're contacting me because of that bomb from earlier! Or am I wrong?
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org Well, there was music! A lot of music.
Pretty sure it was a few hours' worth, as a matter of fact...the bomb attached pretty thoroughly, it took awhile to get it taken off.
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org I could probably recite the lyrics for the entire song right here, even now, but somehow I imagine that would be a rather unpleasant experience for the both of us...
[One would think, since the bomb had started in Eren's possession, that he would have known what it was for before it went off. And most times, that would be the case. Unfortunately, Warriorhead isn't big on straight answers. So.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
music? that's all?
[That's...strange. Not what he'd been expecting in the least. Not in a bad way, because, y'know, he wouldn't have wanted something awful to have happened instead. But music?]
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org Indeed! I was pretty surprised, I must say. I've had my share of bombs tossed at me before, but I can still safely say that music is a first.
[Ah, but gauging from this particular reply...and just as he'd about expected, really--]
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org But you weren't expecting it to be music, were you?
[Not even a little. Not least because that's the sort of technological feat that's beyond his ability to imagine until someone puts the idea into his head for him. But mostly he'd had no idea what to expect. Warriorhead hadn't seemed interested in killing off recruits. There were rumors around about Green building harmless bombs before. But there were no real answers to be found. And there were no guarantees.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org I didn't know what to expect.
[He'd strongarmed himself into gritting his teeth and trying it anyway, even if his success had been...almost entirely not his own doing.
Shortly thereafter, because Eren is nothing if not a straightforward guy—]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org It could have killed you.
[Ah...you tried, Eren. You tried. Actually this could probably be applied to this entire situation, but all things considered it really has panned out quite for the better.
Which is all that matters to Obi-Wan, in the end. After all--]
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org Well, yes, that is what bombs are generally wont to do. But it didn't. And you didn't want to kill me in the first place--or at least, I don't believe the intention was there.
[Obi-Wan has long concluded that life is filled with enough worries already, without having to add indignations or lingering grudges where they're not actually particularly needed. It really is the thought that counts, with these sorts of things--and Eren had been the opposite of hostile at the time, and that had been the main thing.
Could this happen again? Probably. Is Obi-Wan concerned that it might? Not particularly. Reluctant hostility tends to be far easier to deal with than outright resentment any time of day, after all, and besides. That's a bridge to cross when they get there, if ever.]
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org If anything I'm probably even more to blame than you are, for having that bomb end up on my person in the first place! You'd think I'd know better than to pick up strange things off the ground without giving them a proper look first, by now.
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org If you are wanting me to be angry at you, young Eren, then I fear I'm rather hard-put to provide at the moment.
[It's nice of Obi-Wan to try and make him feel better about it. To shoulder some of the blame. He has a hard time accepting it. The bottom line is that if that thing had been a bomb of the normal sort instead of the noisy sort, he would have helped kill an innocent man just because the CDC told him to. (Because he has to bow his head, bide his time, keep himself in line, for humanity's sake.)
He hates it. Down to the marrow of him, he hates it. Obi-Wan has every right to be angry.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org you should be.
[Angry. Eren is, and he wasn't the one nearly disco inferno'd to death. He cannot understand how Obi-Wan is taking it in stride.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org they're jerking us around. what the hell is the point?
[Every right to be angry--and yet he isn't. Although perhaps it's understandable, that Eren can't understand it; the latter's own tendency for anger perhaps notwithstanding, Obi-Wan always has been almost notorious--even among his own peers--for his remarkably firm grasp upon his perpetually even temper. Anger simply isn't something he's particularly prone to, even on a normal basis--closer equivalents usually fall on sadness or disappointment first, as a substitute, and neither of those really fit this particular situation either. There's no need for sadness--nobody died. And what is there to be disappointed about? Eren's decision to do it in the first place?
No, disappointment would be terribly hypocritical. Eren isn't the only one that has had to resign himself to bowing his head despite contrary wishes--he isn't the only one with something on the line, back home. The dots are all too easy to connect. And so Obi-Wan finds himself sympathizing, instead; not angry, perhaps, but understanding of Eren's all the same.]
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org Perhaps I should. But that would take me in no direction I want to go, nor one that would benefit either of us. I'm afraid I tend to be rather picky about these things, Eren.
[A bit of a pause, though, before:]
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org But that's the real question, isn't it? Orange unit isn't Red, I agree; I can understand how it seems unnecessary at least and offensive at worst, to be asked to bomb one's own crew for no reason.
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org If you've not spoken to your officer about your peculiar departure yet, though...I presume you've not spoken to Warriorhead about this mission yet either, have you?
[And the shortness of it might be a hint as to why. Because it's been a busy few days. But also because he is angry. As much as he'd like to understand Warriorhead's motivations, it's been beaten into his head that he cannot rail against the instructors the way he wants to. Insubordination is a risk he's not supposed to take.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org he wouldn't give us any straight answers anyway
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FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org
Well, being uninjured is the main thing, I suppose. That was quite the turmoil back there, I'm very glad to hear it.
'Something weird', though? Of course, if you'd rather not explain then I won't push you.
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He sort of huffs, raps his knuckles against the blackglass. But answers.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
I got sent home. I came back with the new recruits. It's hard to explain.
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A bit difficult, to be mad about something like that.
But this, though, this is definitely getting out of the region of strange bombs now--and of all the answers Obi-Wan had been expecting, this?
This had not been one of them.
There's a considerable pause in his own part, after Eren messages back. All kinds of questions to ask at once--why? How? But in the end....hm.]
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org
Not of your own volition, I take it?
Have you spoken with an officer about this?
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FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
The CDC's officers? Not yet.
[He plans to, but he'd been sorting things out with some other people, first. The trip itself and the consequences of it took some adjusting to. He's hoping to catch Warriorhead in person one of these days. With things so busy in the wake of the attack, they can be a little elusive.]
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FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org
I see! Well, though these things are at your own discretion anyhow, of course. I understand.
[A pause, then--as he finally realizes that perhaps they've become rather off-track, in all of this. This rumor of returning to home is still riveting to say the least, but come to think of it...if it were something that was strictly not supposed to happen, he somehow doubts the instructors here would have let it happen in the first place. Or at any rate, leave Eren in peace upon his return. And if he doesn't remember how it happened either...
Well, maybe it's not entirely his business to prod just yet. Another question for another time; or, at the very least, something to think about and keep an eye out for later. For now though, at length--]
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org
But anyhow! I see I'm steering us away now, from the matters at hand. After all, if you'll beg my pardon for presuming, I imagine you're contacting me because of that bomb from earlier! Or am I wrong?
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FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
you're not wrong.
[A slight pause, once they're back on the topic. Not a very long one, though.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
what happened?
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Well, there was music! A lot of music.
Pretty sure it was a few hours' worth, as a matter of fact...the bomb attached pretty thoroughly, it took awhile to get it taken off.
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org
I could probably recite the lyrics for the entire song right here, even now, but somehow I imagine that would be a rather unpleasant experience for the both of us...
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FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
music? that's all?
[That's...strange. Not what he'd been expecting in the least. Not in a bad way, because, y'know, he wouldn't have wanted something awful to have happened instead. But music?]
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Indeed! I was pretty surprised, I must say. I've had my share of bombs tossed at me before, but I can still safely say that music is a first.
[Ah, but gauging from this particular reply...and just as he'd about expected, really--]
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org
But you weren't expecting it to be music, were you?
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FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
I didn't know what to expect.
[He'd strongarmed himself into gritting his teeth and trying it anyway, even if his success had been...almost entirely not his own doing.
Shortly thereafter, because Eren is nothing if not a straightforward guy—]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
It could have killed you.
[Whoops.]
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Which is all that matters to Obi-Wan, in the end. After all--]
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org
Well, yes, that is what bombs are generally wont to do. But it didn't. And you didn't want to kill me in the first place--or at least, I don't believe the intention was there.
[Obi-Wan has long concluded that life is filled with enough worries already, without having to add indignations or lingering grudges where they're not actually particularly needed. It really is the thought that counts, with these sorts of things--and Eren had been the opposite of hostile at the time, and that had been the main thing.
Could this happen again? Probably. Is Obi-Wan concerned that it might? Not particularly. Reluctant hostility tends to be far easier to deal with than outright resentment any time of day, after all, and besides. That's a bridge to cross when they get there, if ever.]
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org
If anything I'm probably even more to blame than you are, for having that bomb end up on my person in the first place! You'd think I'd know better than to pick up strange things off the ground without giving them a proper look first, by now.
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org
If you are wanting me to be angry at you, young Eren, then I fear I'm rather hard-put to provide at the moment.
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He hates it. Down to the marrow of him, he hates it. Obi-Wan has every right to be angry.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
you should be.
[Angry. Eren is, and he wasn't the one nearly disco inferno'd to death. He cannot understand how Obi-Wan is taking it in stride.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
they're jerking us around. what the hell is the point?
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No, disappointment would be terribly hypocritical. Eren isn't the only one that has had to resign himself to bowing his head despite contrary wishes--he isn't the only one with something on the line, back home. The dots are all too easy to connect. And so Obi-Wan finds himself sympathizing, instead; not angry, perhaps, but understanding of Eren's all the same.]
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org
Perhaps I should. But that would take me in no direction I want to go, nor one that would benefit either of us. I'm afraid I tend to be rather picky about these things, Eren.
[A bit of a pause, though, before:]
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org
But that's the real question, isn't it? Orange unit isn't Red, I agree; I can understand how it seems unnecessary at least and offensive at worst, to be asked to bomb one's own crew for no reason.
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org
If you've not spoken to your officer about your peculiar departure yet, though...I presume you've not spoken to Warriorhead about this mission yet either, have you?
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no
[And the shortness of it might be a hint as to why. Because it's been a busy few days. But also because he is angry. As much as he'd like to understand Warriorhead's motivations, it's been beaten into his head that he cannot rail against the instructors the way he wants to. Insubordination is a risk he's not supposed to take.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
he wouldn't give us any straight answers anyway
[He'd tried. Before the deadline had come up.]