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Eren stared in shock.

What was that?

A shadow loomed over him as he swung closer to the dark shadow rimming the horizon. He'd split up with his squad only a minute ago, as they dispatched into trios.

His throat felt dry as he remembered his partner, So-ra Park, a new recruit to Levi's squad, get slammed into a tree as she distracted an abnormal so that he and another newbie, Jayden Majors could get behind and kill it. Jayden was currently rendezvousing with Captain Levi to get permission to take her to their designated base to heal.

Eren stopped in his tracks. The large, dark shadow that seemed to go on forever was… a wall? How was that even possible? It was larger than Wall Maria, and stretched as far as Eren could see. He had to get closer. This was huge! If Humanity could just get over it, then (assuming that there were no titans on the other side), they were saved! They wouldn't even need to get into Eren's basement!

He sighed, suddenly weighed down by the fact that only a handful of Humanity could even use 3DMG, and they were at least week away from HQ, and moving at impressive speeds for the elite squadron of the Scout Corps. Oh well. He'd have to report this wall to the Captain, so he might as well get a closer look.

As he neared the wall, he noticed something. It was big. Really big. It was at least 250 meters high, nearly three times the height of the wall surrounding Shiganshina.

He had to check this out.

It would take some time to scale, but he needed the practice, and the exercise would be good for him. Might as well.

Ten minutes, some foul language, and six near-falls later, Eren was panting atop the wall. Vertical surfaces were hard, dammit.

He straightened up, and nearly lost his balance all over again as his foot gave way under him. He stumbled back a step, and grabbed onto a- a rotting log?

Eren only just had time to wonder what the hell was a log doing at the top of a fucking 250 meter tall wall before he felt a distinct tug at his naval, and the world went white.