[ looking into his eyes should be grounding, it should, but erwin's are so wild and startled and agonized that it's not likely to actually help at all. he's breathing hard, but he manages to nod minutely in response to what levi says at least despite everything.
it's not like he can move around much anyway, or at least not much more than the shuddering he does when it starts to feel like his skin is just outright splitting apart along his spine. it sure doesn't feel great, but it's somehow less agonizing than the antlers dragging themselves out of his skull.
it's a viscerally horrible feeling though, and it becomes patently clear that's why his skin felt loose and strange: it's apparently going to start sloughing off entirely, but somehow it's not just horrible muscle and bone underneath. there's skin underneath, and fur, and as it slips off his head there are long, furry lop-eared bunny ears arranged neatly with the antlers. ]
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it's not like he can move around much anyway, or at least not much more than the shuddering he does when it starts to feel like his skin is just outright splitting apart along his spine. it sure doesn't feel great, but it's somehow less agonizing than the antlers dragging themselves out of his skull.
it's a viscerally horrible feeling though, and it becomes patently clear that's why his skin felt loose and strange: it's apparently going to start sloughing off entirely, but somehow it's not just horrible muscle and bone underneath. there's skin underneath, and fur, and as it slips off his head there are long, furry lop-eared bunny ears arranged neatly with the antlers. ]