[ The name doesn't ring any bells, but it's a little outrageous for a lie. Maybe it'd been just before the 104 showed up or something. There's a lot of crazy shit happening right now, and he's going to have to adjust or get swept away in it all.

He still speaks sternly, eyes a little too critical, too suspecting—but he tries to town himself down. That's what he owes his fellow soldiers, even if they don't know each other. ]

Eren Yeager. [ a half beat, then: ] If that doesn't mean anything to you, it's fine.

[ Kind of nice, really. That said, Farlan still earns himself a Look. ]

You don't have to know who I am, but you should really know the salute by now. That was embarrassing.