"Someone asked me once about the philosophy that all people would band together to fight an outside threat, and I said it was naive," Eren says, glaring thoughtfully at the approaching crowd and very tentatively raising his hand halfway to his mouth. "But if we're the threat..."

He makes an exasperated noise deep in his throat.

"I don't want to hurt them. But if I try to scare them away, I'm just as likely to kill them. And I don't... know what else I can do."

He's only transformed into a Titan a few times since becoming a Traveler, and nearly every occasion has been an unmitigated disaster. Still, turning into a rampaging giant might be enough to send the mob running... he looks at Souji, uncertainly. Where do they draw the line? How far do they go? Having human enemies, enemies that might respond to reason, is deeply unnerving to him. He'd rather run away... but there are still people here to protect.