[ More than myself. Jean had berated Eren, as a younger man, for acting dangerously precisely because Mikasa would follow him into any danger herself. His expression is sympathetic, not pitying. ]

Okay.

[ He uniquely understands how someone that deep might find it hard to speak ill of the person they loved. He doesn't say Alex was bad. ]

Well, I want to do what you want to do. I'll check in to make sure we're on the same page about those kinds of things. If you don't want something - you can always tell me, no matter how far into it we are.