[ that first comment earns Jean a quiet snort in return. do all these kids talk like him now?
...shit, they aren't kids anymore, are they? ]
We went to all that trouble and you can't even drink the water?
[ that's what Armin wouldn't shut the fuck up about all this time? what a joke. he doesn't doubt that it is indeed beautiful, though. it's tough to even picture it. will it be as incredible as the first time he saw the sky?
It tastes a bit like ... if you were to put ten tablespoons of salt into a bowl of soup. [ So drinkable as a last resort, but plain awful. Even if he's talking about how unpleasant the seawater was, Jean finds it in himself to break out into a small, contented smile. They had on that day they first saw the ocean. It might have been the only time he's ever had fun on a scouting mission. ]
But you can distill it. Salt prices have dropped since we reached the ocean. [ Food tastes a little better with how salt is more abundantly available, and they have some new kinds of food as well. A lot of depressing things have happened during the recent years, but they've had some small wins. ]
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...shit, they aren't kids anymore, are they? ]
We went to all that trouble and you can't even drink the water?
[ that's what Armin wouldn't shut the fuck up about all this time? what a joke. he doesn't doubt that it is indeed beautiful, though. it's tough to even picture it. will it be as incredible as the first time he saw the sky?
he'll find out one of these days. ]
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It tastes a bit like ... if you were to put ten tablespoons of salt into a bowl of soup. [ So drinkable as a last resort, but plain awful. Even if he's talking about how unpleasant the seawater was, Jean finds it in himself to break out into a small, contented smile. They had on that day they first saw the ocean. It might have been the only time he's ever had fun on a scouting mission. ]
But you can distill it. Salt prices have dropped since we reached the ocean. [ Food tastes a little better with how salt is more abundantly available, and they have some new kinds of food as well. A lot of depressing things have happened during the recent years, but they've had some small wins. ]