Levi landed with a thump, crouching down so he didn't fall, the landing harsher than it should have been due to his low gas supplies. Levi glanced down at his gas canisters, tapping them with a finger, before frowning. He wouldn't be able to go much further, already running on fumes. Levi turned his gaze to the boy at hearing the small, almost inaudible thump the boy made as he touched down on the branch. Levi stood from his crouch, walking over to the canteen ShItty Brat dropped earlier, picking it up and tying a new knot in the cord to keep it there.

"Right, Shitty Brat, it's going to get annoying real soon if I keep calling you that, so what's your name?" The boy blinked at Levi, cocked his head to the side and stated eloquently,

"Huh?" Levi blinked, then scowled and pointed at himself

"Levi. My name is Levi Ackerman." Levi then gestured to the boy, "Your name is…?"

The boy blinked before his face lit up in comprehension, giving a shit eating grin before pointing at himself and saying "Eren. Mein name ist Eren Jaeger."(1) Levi stared for a minute, before lifting an imperious eyebrow,

"Eren Jaeger? Shitty name for a shitty brat, huh? Okay, now that that's over and done with… Where the hell are we going to go?" Jaeger blinked, staring at Levi for a solid five minutes looking like he'd just been given the world's hardest puzzle while also desperately needing to shit, before saying

"Wir können zu meinem Baum gehen. Es hat mehrere kleine Räume in den Zweig Kreuzungen gebaut, aber es ist Schutz und Zuhause."(2) Levi raised an eyebrow at the stream of unfamiliar words, realizing with a jolt that Jaeger didn't speak english, instead speaking whatever language that was falling from his jaws in a series of harsh growls. Jaeger huffed in apparent annoyance, rolling his eyes and gesturing for Levi to follow, before launching from the branch and over to another redwood. Levi blinked before sighing and stepping off of the branch, engaging his gear and following the jagged pattern of movement that was Jaeger.

They traveled through the forest at a decent speed for near to half an hour, Jaeger leaping from tree to tree in a jagged zigzag pattern, Levi following in a much more smooth route. Levi glanced down at his canisters, grimacing at the lack of fuel. He'd been conserving his momentum as much as possible, swinging in a full arc before launching his grapples into the next redwood, hoping to get to wherever Jaeger was taking him before he run out. 'At least we're close, Jaeger is slowing down.' At this point he was dangerously close to the ground, only about eight meters up. Levi turned his gaze back to the front, eyes widening slightly at the massive wall of natural rock the loomed in front of him. It was clearly old, covered in a thick web of vines, large cracks and crevices dancing along the weathered rock. It was surprisingly tall and went for as far as he could see to the left and right. Levi blinked scanning the flora around him for Jaeger. To Levi's surprise, Jaeger was level with him, two of his strange limbs embedded in the bark a bit further forwards than his grapple, his gaze fixed on Levi.

"Zuhause! Wir müssen hineingehen."(3) Levi blinked at the string of harsh words, before lifting an eyebrow and glancing to the wall of rock which pierced the canopy of the great forest. Jaeger smiled, huffing in apparent amusement before pointing at Levi and saying

"Ich möchte, dass du hinaufkommst."(4) before pointing up near, where Levi assumed, the wall ended. Levi twitched his lips slightly in amusement, the irony of this situation not lost on him before sighing. Levi turned his head to face Jaeger, grimacing and shaking his head. "I don't have nearly enough gas to get up there Jaeger, I'm already running on practically nothing." tapping the empty canisters to reinforce his point. Jaeger frowned eyes locked on Levi's 3DMG, before launching onto Levi's cables and crawling along them with perfect balance, excess limbs spread in a triangular formation, presumably to help him stay on the steel cables. Levi scowled, glaring at the boy, but didn't say anything to discourage him.

Levi stared as Jaeger got closer, balancing on the cables with inhuman grace. Jaeger came to a stop next to Levi, two luminescent limbs curling around the cables below to hold himself in place as inquisitive hands reached out to fiddle with the highly advanced gear that was strapped to Levi's body. Levi raised an eyebrow are the boys hands deftly removed one of the canisters, pulling it away from the rest of the gear while he brought it closer to his face. Jaeger started to mutter in the guttural language he spoke as his hands danced over the silver canister, turning it so it was upright and fiddling with the cap of the canister. Levi raised an eyebrow as Jaeger frowned, before the boy leaned forward again, replacing the canister against the sheath that held the clip-on blades.

Jaeger raised his ruby gaze to meet Levi's, stating "Wir haben zwei möglichkeiten, Levi. Option eins ist, dass ich sie über die wand mit meinem kagune tragen, und option zwei ist, dass ich es selbst zu besteigen und abzurufen einige teilweise gefüllte kanister aus den teilen auf der anderen seite." (5)

Levi raised an eyebrow, " I have no fucking idea what you are saying shitty brat, I don't speak whatever it is you're speaking." Jaeger blinked, huffing before he curled one of the his strange limbs around Levi's waist, close but not touching. Levi kept his eyes fixed on the limb while it moved, only looking back up at Jaeger when it had ceased its movement. Jaeger gestured with a hand to the limb, curling it closer before moving it away and gesturing at the top of the wall. Levi narrowed his eyes at Jaeger,

"You want to carry me over the wall, Jaeger?" Jaeger gave a grin, demonic eyes lighting up as he nodded rapidly. Levi gave a small sigh, muttering "May as well, it's not like I'm going to get anywhere otherwise." Levi nodded his reluctant acceptance of being carried while Jaeger gave a shit eating grin, launching off the cables and back onto the tree. That move made Levi sway dangerously, the annoyed corporal shouting a slew of curses before he was plucked from his position and tugged in Jaeger's direction. Levi released the grapples holding him in place, Jaeger's strange limb lifting him with ease as the boy climbed the tree they were hanging from.

(AN) Ok, so here's the next chapter and Ima appologize now for it's shortness. I lost my muse and couldn't think of anything interesting or worth reading beyond this point, so I'll try to make it up with a longer chapter next time but no pormises. I'm already messing it up haha, the translation(s) are below and Cya next time!

1 Eren. My name is Eren Jaeger.

2 We can go to my tree. It has several small rooms built into the branch junctions but it's shelter and home.

3 Home! We need to go over.

4 I need you, to go over!

5 We have two options, Levi. Option one is that I carry you over the wall with my kagune, and option two is that I climb it myself and retrieve some partially filled canisters from the parts on the other side.