Hello. Sorry for the very late update. Interestingly enough, babies kind of take over schedules. =) For some reason, this chapter doesn't have the usual character speech tags, so just in case it's not easily distinguished by someone, the character speaking in this chapter is Eren.

"…Why you—Annie!? What're you doing?!"

"Hah!? You came to help me? If you do that, you'll be in danger too, y'know?!"

"I…I don't-I don't want to lose any more friends…. If you go now, you can still…." *smack!*

"…"

"You're right. That's not like me, is it?"

"Let's go. Even if I have to do it by myself, I won't leave a single titan alive…!"

~.~.~

"…Looks like we've managed to get this far without anyone noticing." *heavy breathing*

"Yeah, I'm…I'm okay now."

"When I think about it, it seems like you're always rescuing me from one scrape or another. Even if it takes the rest of my life, I'll pay you back for this. I promise!"

"…What's up? You look pale. You sure you're not pushing yourself too hard?"

"…Yeah, you're right. I need to live and go see the outside world for Armin's sake just as much as my o…."

"…Why…why do you know Armin's dead? I…didn't say anything."

~.~.~

"Now that I think about it, why are you helping me? Even if we were fellow cadets, helping a criminal escape is a serious crime. No one would do that for such an insignificant reason."

"Also, now that I think about it, I haven't asked you where we're going. Just where are you planning to take me?"

"Oi…answer me. Why aren't you saying anything…? Answer me!"

"No way, could you…. You…."

"You!"

~.~.~

"Let go! Let go of me, you-you filthy titan!"

"Gaaah! How could you! How could you! Everyone, Armin…how dare you kill them!"

"I'll kill you! I'll kill you! You…you're mine. I'm gonna…."

"I'm gonna destroy you!" *bite*

*roar of transformation*!