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Speaker 1: In honor of the final episode of Attack on Titan releasing,
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Speaker 1: I felt like taking a dive into the what if
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Speaker 1: story that has been present in my mind and the
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Speaker 1: minds of everyone since the finale of the third season
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Speaker 1: of Attack on Titan. As you know, during the battle
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Speaker 1: to retake Shagandhina, Bertholt Hoover was captured and fed to
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Speaker 1: Armin Arlert to heal him from his grievous wounds. But
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Speaker 1: at the same time, Irwin Smith, the commander of the Scouts,
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Speaker 1: had received his own grievous injury, and considering that they
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Speaker 1: only had one syringe of Titan serum and only had
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Speaker 1: one shifter. As both Zeke and Reiner were saved by
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Speaker 1: Piek before the Scouts could do anything, the characters and
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Speaker 1: viewers alike, knew that there could only be one survivor.
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Speaker 1: The choice was left in the hands of Levi, who
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Speaker 1: at the time was the senior officer that was still
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Speaker 1: in commission. He had to choose between logic and sentimentality
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Speaker 1: to choose to save one heroic boy who put everything
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Speaker 1: on the line to bring them victory, or to choose
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Speaker 1: the man who had lost his arm, his comrades, and
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Speaker 1: his humanity, all things he was willing to give up,
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Speaker 1: to push the limits of the walls, to discover what
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Speaker 1: was out there, and to make a future where all
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Speaker 1: within the walls could leave without fear of Titans. In
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Speaker 1: the end, as Levi had decided to save Irwin, Erwin
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Speaker 1: quickly pulled his arm away in the middle of a hallucination.
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Speaker 1: This left Levi believing that it was time to let
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Speaker 1: the man he had respected for so long have his rest.
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Speaker 1: To that end, he chose Armin over Irwin and literally
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Speaker 1: passed the torch from one blonde tactician to another. But
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Speaker 1: what if Levi hadn't gone with his heart and instead
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Speaker 1: brought back the devil himself? What would have changed? Well,
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Speaker 1: walk with me into the paths, and let's look at
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Speaker 1: a timeline in which Erwin was the one who survived.
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Speaker 1: Do you see them, Levi, Irwin asked, as he sat
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Speaker 1: upon a barrel. They're watching us. Levi stood there, and
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Speaker 1: it was as if all of the specters of all
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Speaker 1: those who had died were there, those who had died
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Speaker 1: for nothing, those who had died for a cause, those
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Speaker 1: who had sacrificed everything under the command of Erwin Smith.
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Speaker 1: Levi could see them. He saw them every day. He
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Speaker 1: saw eld Oluo gun there, and he saw Petra. Levi
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Speaker 1: never showed weakness. He never could, growing up the way
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Speaker 1: he had in the underground, stealing to survive, starving to
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Speaker 1: the point that it stunted his growth. Watching his own
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Speaker 1: mother die in front of him, and then being abandoned
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Speaker 1: by his uncle, he could never show weakness or cry,
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Speaker 1: at least not until that day. Levi was a hard
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Speaker 1: man and he never wore his heart on his sleeve,
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Speaker 1: but he and Petro were incredibly close. He remembered seeing
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Speaker 1: his team after any layonheart had stomped through them. That
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Speaker 1: was the first time in years that any tears had
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Speaker 1: left his ducts. And today he was seeing them. He
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Speaker 1: was seeing them all Erwin looked at Levi. You see
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Speaker 1: them too, don't you? Levi nodded. In coming A voice
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Speaker 1: cried as stony artillery rained down upon them. In the distance,
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Speaker 1: the beast Titan was standing surrounded by a wall of
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Speaker 1: pure Titans, ever at his command, his long lanky arms
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Speaker 1: reaching down for more stone to throw. Rearing back, his
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Speaker 1: long arms slung the stones through the airs, the centrifugal
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Speaker 1: force that only increased with the length of his limbs,
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Speaker 1: adding to the distance and impact of the stone. Levi
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Speaker 1: hated these arms. He wanted to dissever them so badly,
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Speaker 1: but he hated to admit that he couldn't get close.
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Speaker 1: He wasn't fast enough on his feet to get past
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Speaker 1: the artillery, and there wasn't anything for his odm gear
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Speaker 1: to get a hold of except the other Titans, which
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Speaker 1: couldn't be used because as soon as the beasts saw
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Speaker 1: he'd be dead. The next volley of stones struck, screams
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Speaker 1: being heard as one unlucky scout was shredded. What am
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Speaker 1: I supposed to do, Levi? Irwin asked, Am I really
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Speaker 1: going to give up on my dream and march those
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Speaker 1: innocent men and women into the gates of Hell? I
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Speaker 1: don't know if I can do this, he looked up.
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Speaker 1: LEVI order me to do it. Give me the order.
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Speaker 1: Levi took a deep breath. He had seen Irwin make
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Speaker 1: hard decisions before, but never had he ever seen the
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Speaker 1: man's heart so heavy. This is my order, LEVI said,
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Speaker 1: I order you to give up on your dreams and
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Speaker 1: march valiantly into the gates of Hell. And that's exactly
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Speaker 1: what they would do. The look on their faces, LEVI
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Speaker 1: could never forget it, the expressions they made when they
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Speaker 1: were told the plan. It was suicide and they knew it.
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Speaker 1: Many of them even puked on the spot, but Erwin's
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Speaker 1: command remained. Getting atop their horses, he pointed forward and
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Speaker 1: commanded them to range. Rage my soldiers, he shouted, as
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Speaker 1: they rushed headlong into damnation, their horses galloping at full speed,
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Speaker 1: their voices crying out, their arms pushed forward, firing through
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Speaker 1: the air their smoke signals. Zeke was shocked at this.
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Speaker 1: What kind of plan is this, he wondered, who could
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Speaker 1: issue such an order? Looking to his left and right,
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Speaker 1: he realized that maybe he and Erwin were more alike
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Speaker 1: than at first glance. It seemed that there were two
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Speaker 1: beasts of war on the battlefield today. He would not
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Speaker 1: take away Erwin's honor. He would offer him exactly what
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Speaker 1: he deserved, a glorious death. As the smoke signals landed
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Speaker 1: on the field, the entire area was filled with green gas,
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Speaker 1: obviously meant to distort his vision. But this would not work.
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Speaker 1: The smoke wasn't thick enough. Zeke pulled his arm back
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Speaker 1: once more and flung boulders at them, like rats running
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Speaker 1: toward a shotgun. Many were blown off their horses, yet
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Speaker 1: they charged further. The area was filled with a new gas,
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Speaker 1: a red one, the mist of blood. Zeke was almost
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Speaker 1: disgusted by this, and yet he was proud all the same,
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Speaker 1: true devils of the island, devils not too unlike the
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Speaker 1: ones born and raised in Marly regardless of ethnicity. The
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Speaker 1: question rang through his mind. Are people turned into devils
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Speaker 1: by their circumstances or are they truly just born that way?
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Speaker 1: Regardless of the answer, it didn't change the fact that
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Speaker 1: devils existed. Perhaps if Erwin and his group had never
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Speaker 1: been born, they wouldn't be here to suffer such a
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Speaker 1: terrible death. The threat of death and the dread of
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Speaker 1: death were both worse than actually dying. This was what
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Speaker 1: Zeke had come to learn quickly in his time as
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Speaker 1: the war chief. His time fighting, he had thrown away
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Speaker 1: his humanity just to preserve what he held dear, and
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Speaker 1: now he would do it again. The stones came through
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Speaker 1: as Erwin raced forward. He knew his time was nearing
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Speaker 1: its end. Even if he got close enough, he could
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Speaker 1: not properly wield his ODM gear with one arm. This
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Speaker 1: was truly the end. And then suddenly it all stopped.
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Speaker 1: A shard of stone took out the entire left side
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Speaker 1: of his stomach. He didn't feel it. He didn't feel anything.
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Speaker 1: As his horse came out from under him and he
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Speaker 1: flew through the air. He thought he heard a voice
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Speaker 1: cry out, Commander. He witnessed flashes of his father and
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Speaker 1: his father's teachings. The nights they spent by candlelight, talking
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Speaker 1: about world history and theorizing what the world was like
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Speaker 1: beyond the walls. He hit the ground and heard a
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Speaker 1: sickening crunch as bones snapped. He didn't feel those either,
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Speaker 1: He felt grace peace. In a way. Irwin felt as
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Speaker 1: if there were no more beautiful scene than this, nor
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Speaker 1: a scene more fitting for a scout to die beyond
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Speaker 1: the walls, surrounded by nature, your body slowly deteriorating, to
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Speaker 1: become one with the ground, the nature that you fought
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Speaker 1: so hard to witness with your own two eyes. This
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Speaker 1: was a smile on him. This was God's smile on him,
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Speaker 1: a blessing so that he was surrounded by such beauty.
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Speaker 1: And despite the smoke in death, the blood missed and
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Speaker 1: dismembered bodies, he felt as if he were in the
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Speaker 1: most peaceful place in the world. He looked up into
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Speaker 1: the sky and into the clouds and felt liberation. He
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Speaker 1: was now well and true, truly free. His eyes closed, Father,
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Speaker 1: why would the government erase our memories? Erwin asked. His
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Speaker 1: father smiled down at him. I don't know. They more
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Speaker 1: than likely don't want us to remember what's beyond the walls.
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Speaker 1: I will go there one day, Irwin said, I will
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Speaker 1: venture beyond the walls. I will find what we've forgotten.
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Speaker 1: I'll discover the truth. His father turned to him. You
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Speaker 1: can't do that. Erwin's head cocked to the side confusion
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Speaker 1: what his father continued. You can't do this, commander. You
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Speaker 1: think I'll let you die a peaceful death after what
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Speaker 1: you've just done. Erwin's eyes turned to a moment of
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Speaker 1: lucidity to see flock carrying him. He blacked out again.
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Speaker 1: In the darkness, he heard voices and the sound of
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Speaker 1: a blade leaving its sheath. No, you have to save Armine. Darkness.
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Speaker 1: He was in darkness again. A moment passed. He saw
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Speaker 1: a light floating in the center of the darkness. He
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Speaker 1: stepped forward toward it and thought he witnessed a little
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Speaker 1: girl standing nearby. Wait, who are you? He reached out
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Speaker 1: and touched the light and felt as if he were
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Speaker 1: struck by a bolt of lightning with a roar. He
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Speaker 1: stood up agony. His mind thought to itself, my body,
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Speaker 1: it's all wrong, this is w' Let me die, Let
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Speaker 1: me die. He looked down and saw Bertholdt like an
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Speaker 1: ant before him. Oh please, please, relief, relief, it's so hot.
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Speaker 1: He reached down and lifted berthold up. The former cadet
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Speaker 1: cried out, begging for mercy. Please, it's me, Bertholdt, save me.
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Speaker 1: Erwin would have felt some form of sympathy for his
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Speaker 1: former comrade if he weren't in every form of agony,
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Speaker 1: mind numbing pain, physical mental. His mind was falling apart,
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Speaker 1: tearing away at the seams. Nothing mattered right now. He
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Speaker 1: either needed to die or needed to be healed. He
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Speaker 1: could not stay in between the two like this any longer.
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Speaker 1: He put Bertholdt into his mouth, and with the crunch,
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Speaker 1: he swallowed euphoria. This was the best thing he'd ever tasted.
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Speaker 1: The taste was more than just a feeling on his tongue.
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Speaker 1: It was reverberating through his body. Shackles being removed, though
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Speaker 1: a rope still tethered itself around his waist, and at
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Speaker 1: that moment he was pulled back. He felt scouts pulling
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Speaker 1: him up. Steam rose to the heavens once more. Erwin
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Speaker 1: saw the sky, but there were no birds there anymore.
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Speaker 1: There was no freedom. He was in another cage. He
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Speaker 1: sat forward, held by Levi, What what have you done?
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Speaker 1: He asked, what I had to do? Flock stood there.
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Speaker 1: I hate you. You're a devil, but you're a devil
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Speaker 1: we need It was too easy for Erwin to die.
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Speaker 1: He needed to feel the pain of his decisions. He
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Speaker 1: needed to feel the pain of the eyes on his
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Speaker 1: back staring daggers into him. To die with what he
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Speaker 1: had done was too easy to live with. It was
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Speaker 1: where true punishment was. Erwin was given time to rest,
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Speaker 1: and during that time, he believed he witnessed Berthold crying,
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Speaker 1: the colossal titan crying. It hurts so bad. What is this?
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Speaker 1: Erwin asked. Suddenly he was approached from the side by
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Speaker 1: the one he had hoped would one day replace him,
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Speaker 1: Armin Arlert. This is the cost of everything, Erwin looked
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Speaker 1: to Armin silently, as the boy looked back at him.
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Speaker 1: This is the cost of seeing the sea, This is
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Speaker 1: the cost of discovering what's out there? Can you pay it?
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Speaker 1: Erwin opened his eyes. A Pandora's box, he whispered as
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Speaker 1: he lay there on top of the wall. Levi walked over.
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Speaker 1: What are you saying? Erwin shook his head and started
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Speaker 1: to stand. Levi put out a hand on Erwin's shoulder.
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Speaker 1: You need to rest. Erwin grabbed that arm with his right,
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Speaker 1: only to suddenly realize that he had a right arm.
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Speaker 1: He blinked twice and pushed it from his mind. There's
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Speaker 1: no time. We've come this far to discover what's at
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Speaker 1: the bottom of that basement, and I'm not waiting anymore.
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Speaker 1: The group made their way to the bottom of the basement.
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Speaker 1: Erin and Mikassa were silent and wouldn't make eye contact
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Speaker 1: with anyone entering the basement. They began to go through
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Speaker 1: the study until they found it a journal that smelled
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Speaker 1: slightly of dust and mildew. Within was a drawing so
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Speaker 1: accurate that one might think it were somehow pulled straight
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Speaker 1: from the eye of its viewer. And within was what
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Speaker 1: they wanted to learn, and it was more than they
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Speaker 1: could have ever asked for. Erin and Mikassa were detained
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Speaker 1: for insubordination and attacking a superior officer. Neither of them spoke.
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Speaker 1: They hardly ate. They just thought back on everything. Armand
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Speaker 1: was always too kind to fight back. He was the
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Speaker 1: kind to just stand there and take the brunt of
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Speaker 1: the bully's beatings. He would just take whatever was dished
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Speaker 1: out at him without complaint. And now he had done
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Speaker 1: it again, and it had cost him his life armand
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Speaker 1: had wanted so badly to see the sea, and now
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Speaker 1: he couldn't. His dreams were taken from him. Suddenly, Irwin
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Speaker 1: appeared by the brig, Levi flanking him. Erwin motioned to
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Speaker 1: the door. Let them out. It's not like we could
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Speaker 1: keep them in here, even if we wanted to. I
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Speaker 1: doubt that the public will take kindly to their heroes
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Speaker 1: being detained. The guard began to open the door. Erin
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Speaker 1: just looked at Irwin with the coldest stare. Irwin witnessed
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Speaker 1: this and felt the same feeling he had always felt.
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Speaker 1: This stare wasn't anything new. He had felt it while
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Speaker 1: delivering the news of a scout's death to their family.
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Speaker 1: For what it's worth, I'm sorry about the circumstances you
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Speaker 1: found yourself in. Erin didn't blink or change his expression.
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Speaker 1: He simply spoke, I am too. He stepped out of
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Speaker 1: the brig. He had visibly lost weight. The same was
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Speaker 1: true of Mikassa. Erwin simply went his way. He opted
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Speaker 1: to allow them time to grieve. Erwin would as well
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Speaker 1: if he had any time to himself. His arm was
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Speaker 1: a dead giveaway to near all as to what had happened. Erwin,
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Speaker 1: the commander of the Scout Regiment, had just taken control
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Speaker 1: of the strongest titan of them all outside of the
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Speaker 1: founder itself and commander in chief Dallas Zachary would want
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Speaker 1: to live demonstration, and that's exactly what would happen. Erwin
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Speaker 1: Hanji nearby would begin exhibiting his power for those who
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Speaker 1: were in charge since the fall of the false monarchy.
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Speaker 1: All he had to do was wound himself with a
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Speaker 1: purpose to accomplish, and he would automatically transform to accomplish
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Speaker 1: that purpose. Taking himself a fair distance from the onlookers,
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Speaker 1: he would cut his own hand open, and with a
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Speaker 1: burst of light and an explosion so powerful that it
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Speaker 1: rocked the ground for miles, the colossal titan rose to
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Speaker 1: its full height. He was a full sixty meters tall,
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Speaker 1: standing head and shoulders over the walls. Erwin was surprisingly
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Speaker 1: in complete control of his movements. He had such mental
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Speaker 1: control and wilful prowess that his titan was at his
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Speaker 1: command from the moment he transformed. With this new ability,
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Speaker 1: a new hope shines upon the people of the walls.
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Speaker 1: But Erwin now knows the truth, just as Arman had
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Speaker 1: warned him in his dream, and going into the basement,
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Speaker 1: he had opened a Pandora's box, and such a thing
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Speaker 1: would not be easy to close again. It was reported
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Speaker 1: to the powers that be that they were nothing more
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Speaker 1: than a small island compared to the rest of the world,
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Speaker 1: and that he humanity existed beyond the walls, and it
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Speaker 1: was such humanity that were creating Titans outside of the walls,
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Speaker 1: and such humanity that had sent the warriors to destroy them.
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Speaker 1: Erwin then began to realize the truth based on the
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Speaker 1: memories of Bertholdt. This was a surgical strike. The entirety
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Speaker 1: of the past few years from the fall of Shaganshina
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Speaker 1: and onward were nothing more than an invasion for the
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Speaker 1: founding Titan, and the reason for that was that Marley
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Speaker 1: needed the power to control all Titans at will to
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Speaker 1: maintain military dominance. But secondarily it was because they feared
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Speaker 1: the Titans and the power that Paradise held over the world.
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Speaker 1: To them, Paradise was a ticking time bomb waiting to
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Speaker 1: go off. They needed to do something about the devils
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Speaker 1: before the world was destroyed. Surely, since the warrior unit failed,
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Speaker 1: they would try something again. Currently, a full strike was
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Speaker 1: probably out of the question, as the Titans keeping the
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Speaker 1: Eldians inside the wall were also keeping Marlee and its
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Speaker 1: forces out. But even still, such a defense couldn't last
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Speaker 1: forever as anti Titan weapons were under development. So the
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Speaker 1: best thing that they could do was quickly gain control
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Speaker 1: of the island, and that's what they did. They eradicated
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Speaker 1: as many Titans as possible and freed the island from
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Speaker 1: their grip before making their way to the sea. Erwin
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Speaker 1: sat upon his horse as they crossed the dunes and
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Speaker 1: found the never ending blue. Coming down from his horse,
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Speaker 1: he watched the ecstatic souls play on the beach. Erwin
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Speaker 1: let up a smile and looked to LEVI, what about you, LEVI?
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Speaker 1: Will you also take off your boots and enjoy the sand?
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Speaker 1: Levi scoffed, I don't care for the sand. It irks me.
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Speaker 1: Erwin let off a laugh. I don't think I will either.
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Speaker 1: His eye then caught Erin as he also stood in
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Speaker 1: the water. Everyone else was having the time of their lives,
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Speaker 1: but Erin merely pointed his finger out toward the ocean.
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Speaker 1: If we kill everyone over there, will we finally be free.
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Speaker 1: Erwin and the others finally found the old forgotten wharf.
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Speaker 1: There they camped out until a Marlean vessel would pass by,
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Speaker 1: scoping it out. Erin, who had been underwater, rose from
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Speaker 1: the sea to capture the ship, bringing it to land.
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Speaker 1: Erwin boarded the vessel, where he found the captain. He
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Speaker 1: offered to parley with him, but the captain was adam
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Speaker 1: that he would never cooperate with a filthy Eldian. That
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Speaker 1: was when a bullet from a mouser C. Ninety six,
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Speaker 1: a beautiful weapon by the way, passed through his skull.
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Speaker 1: Erwin watched as the man fell as the one behind smiled,
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Speaker 1: Greeting's commander Smith, I am Jelena and Zeke jeger sends
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Speaker 1: his regards. It came to be understood by Erwin that
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Speaker 1: Jelena was part of a faction who stood against Marlee,
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Speaker 1: and that Eldians possessed many allies beyond the walls, connections
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Speaker 1: and development weapons, training vehicles. With the help of these
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Speaker 1: anti Marlians and their political connections with the likes of
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Speaker 1: the Azumibito clan of Huzudu. They they dragged Paradise into
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Speaker 1: the current century, but they could hardly be trusted, as
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Speaker 1: they were attempting to manipulate Erin, or so Erwin believed.
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Speaker 1: Erwin was also on the vessel to Marlee, where he
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Speaker 1: witnessed this new world alongside the other scouts. He also
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Speaker 1: witnessed the hatred and threats issued about oncoming conflicts. Erin
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Speaker 1: was obviously distraught. He was getting ready to go off.
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Speaker 1: Erwin could see it in his eyes. Erin had once
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Speaker 1: been full of vitality and vigor, but he was now
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Speaker 1: quiet and expressionless. He was never the same since Chaganshina.
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Speaker 1: Was that because of the loss of Armine. Who knew,
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Speaker 1: But the ride back to parad Erwin would eventually come
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Speaker 1: to Erin. During the night, he would put two glasses
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Speaker 1: down on the table, as well as a bottle of
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Speaker 1: alcohol he had purchased in Marley. He poured two glasses
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Speaker 1: and pushed one toward Erin, and then took one for himself.
17:17
Speaker 1: Erwin took one slow sip and let the liquid play
17:20
Speaker 1: on his tongue before swallowing it. He swirled the brown
17:23
Speaker 1: fluid in his glass and looked at it a unique flavor,
17:25
Speaker 1: unlike anything on Paradise. Erin didn't drink. He remained silent.
17:29
Speaker 1: Erwin took another step. I assume all of this is
17:31
Speaker 1: about Armin. You've not been the same since Shanganshina. You've
17:34
Speaker 1: been seething. Erin just looked coldly into Erwin's eyes. Erwin
17:38
Speaker 1: looked around and shrugged. Is this a conversation or a
17:41
Speaker 1: staring contest? Tell me what's on your mind? I need
17:43
Speaker 1: to know. Erin remained quiet. Erwin sighed and stood. He
17:47
Speaker 1: turned to leave. I'm sure you saw what happened in
17:49
Speaker 1: Marley at that meeting in their congress. Paradise has enemies,
17:52
Speaker 1: and right now you're our best chance at stopping that.
17:55
Speaker 1: But if you won't cooperate with me, then you're a liability.
17:58
Speaker 1: I might have to propose having someone else in it.
18:00
Speaker 1: He the founding Titan. Erin sighed heavily as he averted
18:03
Speaker 1: his gaze. It has nothing to do with you or Armin.
18:06
Speaker 1: It's the world outside of the walls. They hate us.
18:09
Speaker 1: They're going to kill us if we don't do anything.
18:11
Speaker 1: Erwin looked back. That's why we have you. Everything will
18:14
Speaker 1: be fine. They won't attack us. You're wrong, Erin said.
18:18
Speaker 1: Erwin's brown furrowed as he turned his whole body toward Erin.
18:21
Speaker 1: How do you know? Erin was silent for a moment.
18:23
Speaker 1: When I kissed as Dooria's hand, I saw the future
18:27
Speaker 1: paradise in ruins. If we don't do anything, they will
18:30
Speaker 1: destroy us. Erwin sat back down. Why didn't you say anything?
18:33
Speaker 1: Erin sat there. I did not want anyone to hurt Historia.
18:37
Speaker 1: The only way to make the Founder's power work is
18:39
Speaker 1: if I come in contact with a titan of royal blood.
18:41
Speaker 1: That means her. We would have forced her to take
18:43
Speaker 1: a titan, and that would have cut her lifespan short
18:46
Speaker 1: to a mere thirteen years, a necessary sacrifice. Erwin spoke,
18:50
Speaker 1: you only had thirteen years, and the same is true
18:52
Speaker 1: of me. There's a cost of things, Erin. Eron sat there.
18:55
Speaker 1: I know for a fact, because I saw only one
18:58
Speaker 1: path forward. Erwin raised, what is it? Erin looked into
19:02
Speaker 1: his eyes the rumbling Erin would confide in Erwin everything
19:06
Speaker 1: he couldn't tell his friends or anyone else. Erin trusted Irwin,
19:09
Speaker 1: and Erwin listened closely to what he had to say.
19:12
Speaker 1: Erin would be the one to tell Erwin that he
19:14
Speaker 1: was planning to meet with Zeke about possible next steps.
19:17
Speaker 1: Erwin realized the need for this and allowed Erin to go.
19:20
Speaker 1: During the time Erin was in Marle, he sent back
19:22
Speaker 1: letters and private correspondence with Erwin, informing him of everything
19:26
Speaker 1: he saw playing the spy. But Erwin had not let
19:28
Speaker 1: Erin go alone, and he had commanded that Levi be
19:31
Speaker 1: by his side to ensure that Erin didn't go off
19:33
Speaker 1: the rails or lose his powers. But at the same
19:36
Speaker 1: time he told Levi to stay out of the line
19:38
Speaker 1: of sight of Zeke Yeger lest Zeke be scared off
19:41
Speaker 1: by him. It eventually reached Erwin that Zeke planned to
19:44
Speaker 1: defect to Paradise. He knew better than to trust him,
19:47
Speaker 1: but he also knew that Zeke being in Paradise would
19:49
Speaker 1: only offer them boons and would take away from the
19:52
Speaker 1: power of the Marlians. Erin continued to spy, as did Levi,
19:56
Speaker 1: and it came to Erwin's attention that a large gathering
19:59
Speaker 1: of Polite medical leaders had been planned in Liberia and
20:02
Speaker 1: this likely would be the declaration of war against Paradise,
20:06
Speaker 1: and so Erin, Levi and Irwin began setting up plans
20:10
Speaker 1: for this. They set out for Marley with everything they
20:12
Speaker 1: would need. The day came and the warrior unit was
20:15
Speaker 1: silently pacified as Willi gave his speech. But I don't
20:19
Speaker 1: want to die, because I was born into this world,
20:21
Speaker 1: Willy cried from the stage, his glossing of history ending
20:24
Speaker 1: with the current day and its threat. I ask for
20:27
Speaker 1: aid from those of you who want to live. Please
20:30
Speaker 1: join me in living for the future. The crowd roared
20:32
Speaker 1: his favor. With our power, we can overcome the hardship
20:36
Speaker 1: we face. Please give me your strength and join me
20:39
Speaker 1: in this fight against the devils of Paradise Island. I,
20:42
Speaker 1: Willie Tiber, declare on behalf of the Marlian government, that
20:46
Speaker 1: our war with the forces of Paradise Island begins now.
20:50
Speaker 1: The crowd roared and clapped, chanting his name all the same.
20:53
Speaker 1: From the crowd a man stood, his overcoat on his arm,
20:56
Speaker 1: his fedora upon his head. He stepped out into the
20:59
Speaker 1: lane as the crowd spoke. Willie Tiber's eyes were full
21:02
Speaker 1: of fear as he saw this man. Slowly, the man
21:06
Speaker 1: walked closer to the stage. Those nearby stopped clapping as
21:09
Speaker 1: they saw this occur, stopping in front of the stage.
21:12
Speaker 1: The man removed his hat to show his blonde hair.
21:15
Speaker 1: It was Erwin Smith. I applaud you on your convictions,
21:18
Speaker 1: Lord Tiber, Erwin said, as the crowd began to die down.
21:21
Speaker 1: Truly a heartwarming sentiment. But you forgot that we were
21:24
Speaker 1: also born into this world. We want to live. Everyone
21:28
Speaker 1: in Shinganjina District wanted to live. But you sent your
21:32
Speaker 1: warriors and tore down the walls. Our people were devoured
21:36
Speaker 1: by titans, and so you stand here and demand that
21:39
Speaker 1: the world gather against us and destroy us, when we
21:42
Speaker 1: only just recently learned that you even existed. If you
21:45
Speaker 1: had stayed where you were and left us alone, we
21:47
Speaker 1: wouldn't have even thought about you. At about this time,
21:50
Speaker 1: various guards were surrounding Erwin Smith. I don't believe I've
21:54
Speaker 1: been clear enough, Irwin said. He raised his right hand.
21:57
Speaker 1: Because of your attack, I lost this arm. It was
22:00
Speaker 1: a permanent reminder of everything Paradise had lost due to
22:03
Speaker 1: the fall of the walls. He displayed the palm of
22:05
Speaker 1: his hand that had a diagonal cut across it, blood
22:08
Speaker 1: dripping from the wound. I am Erwin Smith, the thirteenth
22:11
Speaker 1: commander of the Scout regiment and the current holder of
22:14
Speaker 1: the colossal Titan, the very titan you used to initiate
22:18
Speaker 1: your attack on my nation. The crowd began to panic,
22:20
Speaker 1: as did the guards. WILLI began to plead with Erwin
22:23
Speaker 1: not to do anything rash. There's no need for you
22:26
Speaker 1: to transform. Erwin conked his head. Is that so? Didn't
22:30
Speaker 1: you just declare war on us? Did you not just
22:32
Speaker 1: gather the world to destroy us? Were at war? Are
22:35
Speaker 1: we not? Did you think we wouldn't fight back? He asked.
22:38
Speaker 1: Willie looked around and pointed at a building. See there
22:41
Speaker 1: there are women and children here, unarmed civilians, other Eldians.
22:46
Speaker 1: Would you so callously destroy such a place? Erwin looked around.
22:50
Speaker 1: There were women and children in Shanganshina, and trust Eldians
22:53
Speaker 1: were there too. Are you truly trying to rely upon
22:56
Speaker 1: my humanity? Am I not the Eldian devil of Paradise?
23:00
Speaker 1: I have no conscience? Do I? So? What are you
23:03
Speaker 1: hoping to gain by trying to guilt me? At this point,
23:06
Speaker 1: Willie was quiet, sweat pouring down his face. The people
23:09
Speaker 1: nearby were panicking. Erwin turned to look at them and spoke,
23:13
Speaker 1: be quiet, I am the one talking now, The Marlian
23:16
Speaker 1: guards cocked their weapons and left them trained on Erwin.
23:19
Speaker 1: Do not think you have any true power in this situation,
23:22
Speaker 1: he said to the guards as he looked to the
23:24
Speaker 1: roof of each building. Eldie and Sniper's setting up. You
23:27
Speaker 1: so easily declare a world war, Lord Tiber. You merely
23:30
Speaker 1: had to speak with us and hear us out. But
23:32
Speaker 1: you had to declare war, and now you have to
23:35
Speaker 1: see the consequences. There was a golden spark about his body.
23:39
Speaker 1: Wait wait, wait, wait, wait, Willy cried, as he hit
23:41
Speaker 1: his knees. Please don't Erwin stood there. He looked around.
23:46
Speaker 1: Willie was on his hands and knees. Erwin then spoke,
23:49
Speaker 1: Tell them what really happened those years ago, Lord Tiber.
23:52
Speaker 1: Explain to them exactly why we're in this crisis now,
23:56
Speaker 1: this hair trigger the entire world is scared of. Tell
23:59
Speaker 1: them what you did and what you're asking them to
24:02
Speaker 1: clean up for you. WILLI sat there. We attacked Paradise first, louder,
24:08
Speaker 1: Erwin demanded. WILLI sat up and faced everyone. Nine years ago,
24:13
Speaker 1: Marley in military leadership, under my guidance, launched a secret
24:17
Speaker 1: raid on Paradise Island, and breached the first wall. Maria
24:21
Speaker 1: Erwin reminded him. WILLI nodded, indeed it was wall. Maria.
24:26
Speaker 1: Erwin then continued, on that day, you sealed the fate
24:29
Speaker 1: of over one third of our population, each to die
24:32
Speaker 1: a horrifying death being devoured by Titans. WILLI nodded. We
24:36
Speaker 1: were attempting to get the Founding Titan to protect the world.
24:40
Speaker 1: Erwin shook his head. Ah ah, no, do not forget
24:44
Speaker 1: that I inherited Berthold's memories, Lord tyber WILLI shook his head,
24:48
Speaker 1: pleading with them, tell them why or I will Willy
24:51
Speaker 1: looked down and away. It was to restore military power
24:55
Speaker 1: to Marley. The Titans are our primary source of military power,
24:59
Speaker 1: and with the rise of anti Titan weaponry, we were
25:02
Speaker 1: losing our advantage. We needed a rumbling, Erwin shouted. Marley
25:07
Speaker 1: attacked Paradise to take the Founding Titan, primarily for the
25:10
Speaker 1: purpose of using the rumbling against you. The crowd was silent.
25:15
Speaker 1: Erwin spoke, I don't feign to believe that you could
25:17
Speaker 1: ever trust or care for Eldians like us, and I
25:20
Speaker 1: do not entirely care. But Willie Tiber and the Marlian
25:23
Speaker 1: military are responsible for this mess you're in because they
25:26
Speaker 1: craved the power we now hold. Yes, we possess the
25:30
Speaker 1: founding Titan and the means for a strike that could
25:32
Speaker 1: obliterate every man, woman and child in the world if
25:35
Speaker 1: we so decided. As he said this, a blanket of
25:38
Speaker 1: dread fell over the crowd, But he stopped. If we're
25:41
Speaker 1: given the peace we desire, we will not utilize the rumbling.
25:44
Speaker 1: Nobody needs to die. There doesn't need to be a
25:47
Speaker 1: war so long as the founding Titan exists. No matter
25:50
Speaker 1: whose hands it's in, the threat of a rumbling is
25:53
Speaker 1: there be it in the hands of Paradise, or even
25:55
Speaker 1: in the hands of the Marlian snakes who are attempting
25:58
Speaker 1: to manipulate you into doing their dirty work. I tell
26:00
Speaker 1: you now to think about what I'm doing as the
26:03
Speaker 1: official ambassador to Paradise. I could have right here, right now,
26:07
Speaker 1: transformed into a titan and killed you all with the
26:10
Speaker 1: force of the blast. We so easily could have launched
26:13
Speaker 1: a rumbling, and could at any moment if we so decided,
26:16
Speaker 1: But we did not. Do you know why the crowd
26:19
Speaker 1: was silent? Erwin continued, because we, contrary to popular belief,
26:23
Speaker 1: do not wish to kill anyone. All we wish is
26:25
Speaker 1: what King Carl Fritz wished for, and that is peace.
26:28
Speaker 1: And so I say to you, stay away from us,
26:31
Speaker 1: and we'll stay away from you. Erwin placed his hat
26:34
Speaker 1: back upon his head and began to leave. And so
26:36
Speaker 1: there was no true attack in Liberia that day, but
26:39
Speaker 1: it might as well have been. Marlee's standing in the
26:42
Speaker 1: eyes of the world had been corroded, and the unity
26:45
Speaker 1: Willie tiber It hoped to build was slowly torn down.
26:48
Speaker 1: Zeke would be brought back with them to Eldea, where
26:50
Speaker 1: he and Erin would be separated, but along with him,
26:53
Speaker 1: Zeke brought a peace offering of fine Marlee and wine.
26:56
Speaker 1: Zeke and Erin were kept far apart, with Levi and
26:58
Speaker 1: an elite squad cover Zeke the entire time. Erin would
27:02
Speaker 1: meet with Erwin and tell him that this is not
27:04
Speaker 1: what they needed and that the world is still a
27:06
Speaker 1: danger to them. Erwin insists that this is enough. So
27:09
Speaker 1: long as they have the founding Titan and the Beast Titan,
27:12
Speaker 1: Paradise will know peace. But this didn't sit well with
27:15
Speaker 1: Erin nor the Yegarists. But as you know, this wouldn't
27:18
Speaker 1: stop Marley from attempting their final assault. After all, Marley
27:21
Speaker 1: alone were the ones who attacked Paradise during the final
27:24
Speaker 1: battle before the Rumbling. In the final season, Zeke manages
27:27
Speaker 1: to escape due to the wine he brought, which contained
27:29
Speaker 1: his spinal fluid, as well as sheer luck that saw
27:32
Speaker 1: Levi maimed. The Yegarists managed to take over the island
27:36
Speaker 1: with the threat of Zeke's roar, to which even Erwin
27:38
Speaker 1: could not contend. He would not have been affected by
27:41
Speaker 1: the roar, but everyone else would have. He cursed himself
27:44
Speaker 1: for not seeing this coming sooner. Erwin was now in control,
27:47
Speaker 1: and he mentioned his intentions of beginning the Rumbling, but
27:50
Speaker 1: at this time, Marlee and airships began to fly over,
27:53
Speaker 1: dropping in soldiers and warriors alike, with the Warhammer also
27:56
Speaker 1: being here. Arin is told by Jelena that he should free,
27:59
Speaker 1: but he he knows that Zeke is on his way,
28:01
Speaker 1: so he turns into the attack Titan and begins to
28:03
Speaker 1: make his way towards Zeke. In his beast Titan, Zeke
28:06
Speaker 1: appears on the wall of Shaganshina. He tries to lay
28:09
Speaker 1: ground cover for Erin, but is sniped by the cart
28:11
Speaker 1: Titan and falls to the ground, but remains alive. In
28:14
Speaker 1: an effort to cause confusion, Zeke roars and turns all
28:17
Speaker 1: those who drank his wine into pure Titans. This, however,
28:21
Speaker 1: takes their only chip away from them. As Erwin and
28:23
Speaker 1: the Scouts now no longer have a reason to hold back,
28:26
Speaker 1: Erwin commands the Scouts to begin attacking. He states that
28:29
Speaker 1: the biggest threat for them currently is the cart Titan
28:31
Speaker 1: and the Warhammer Titan, both of which are on the
28:34
Speaker 1: wall sniping from a distance. The Scouts then fly off
28:36
Speaker 1: with their ODM gear to take out these threats, all
28:39
Speaker 1: the while Erin manages to break free and runs for Zeke. However,
28:42
Speaker 1: as they grow closer, right before they can touch, a
28:45
Speaker 1: massive light covers the whole of Shaganshina. As a powerful
28:48
Speaker 1: burst of wind blows Erin off his feet and away
28:51
Speaker 1: from Zeke. The colossal Titan has appeared and begins to
28:54
Speaker 1: come toward Erin and Zeke. Erin wishes to run out
28:57
Speaker 1: and touch Zeke, but the armored Titan assails him in
28:59
Speaker 1: a rage. At the death of Porco Galliard by Aaron's hands,
29:03
Speaker 1: Erin is forced to assume his attack Titan form and
29:05
Speaker 1: face off against Ryner once again, where it's a far
29:08
Speaker 1: closer match than it had been previously. Yner manages to
29:12
Speaker 1: wound Erin's attack Titan, but Erin does eventually gain purchase. However,
29:16
Speaker 1: before he can kill Ryner, Erwin grips Erin and lifts
29:18
Speaker 1: him up, capturing Zeke as well. He holds Erin in
29:22
Speaker 1: his hand and goes to put him in his mouth.
29:24
Speaker 1: Erin can't fight back against this. The only option Aaron
29:27
Speaker 1: currently has would be to use Titan hardening to put
29:30
Speaker 1: himself into a cocoon not too unlike any but he
29:33
Speaker 1: realizes that if he does this, Paradise loses. It's only deterrent.
29:37
Speaker 1: Erin knows he can't choose this, and Erwin knows this too.
29:40
Speaker 1: Erin has no other options, as he feels it would
29:43
Speaker 1: be better to be eaten than to leave Paradise unprotected.
29:47
Speaker 1: Erwin places Erin in his mouth. Aaron thinks about how
29:50
Speaker 1: far he came and what it was he was planning
29:52
Speaker 1: to do, and laments that he can no longer protect
29:54
Speaker 1: his friends. He laments that he can no longer be
29:57
Speaker 1: with Mikasa, but in his final moments, he smiles as
30:00
Speaker 1: he sees Armin there ready to take his hand, Erwin
30:03
Speaker 1: destroys Erin and as such inherits the power of the
30:06
Speaker 1: Attack Titan and the Founding Titan. With Zeke still in
30:10
Speaker 1: his hands, Erwin lets out his own roar, completely nullifying
30:13
Speaker 1: the powers of the Marle and Titans, and further utilizes
30:16
Speaker 1: Zeke's Pure Titans and directs them to end the battle.
30:19
Speaker 1: With this, they've captured the remainder of the Titans Marley
30:22
Speaker 1: had save the Jaw Titan whose shifter was killed. Erwin
30:26
Speaker 1: then utilizes the Founding Titan and its powers to lead
30:29
Speaker 1: a counter offensive on Marlee that would see its ability
30:31
Speaker 1: to fight back completely devastated. This issues a grim warning
30:35
Speaker 1: to the rest of the world that Paradise does indeed
30:38
Speaker 1: possess the Founding Titan and can use it at will,
30:41
Speaker 1: and with their power, can destroy the entirety of the
30:44
Speaker 1: strongest country in the world in a single day, leaving
30:47
Speaker 1: Marley to waste. Erwin then returns to Paradise with his
30:50
Speaker 1: Titans and returns the Wall Titans back to their original
30:53
Speaker 1: positions as a wall around Paradise, but this time as
30:57
Speaker 1: a single wall that spans the entirety of all three
31:00
Speaker 1: Erwin would then have Zeke fed to one of the Scouts,
31:03
Speaker 1: likely Connie Springer, as it would be poetic justice to
31:07
Speaker 1: have the last surviving member of Ragako Village devour the
31:10
Speaker 1: one who destroyed it. With the rest of the Titans
31:13
Speaker 1: in Elda's control, they no longer need Zeke so long
31:16
Speaker 1: as they have Historia. Of course, Erwin waits until after
31:19
Speaker 1: Estoria is born before he turns her into a Titan.
31:22
Speaker 1: More than likely he would give her the armored Titan,
31:25
Speaker 1: as Reiner would be almost begging for it. And so
31:28
Speaker 1: Erwin and his founders stand resolute against the world. He
31:32
Speaker 1: knows that world peace is not something that will ever come,
31:35
Speaker 1: not for Eldians. After all, Dot Pixis once said the
31:38
Speaker 1: same to him. He says that so long as there
31:41
Speaker 1: are one or more people on Earth, war would continue.
31:44
Speaker 1: Peace was simply not in the human vocabulary. Historia would
31:48
Speaker 1: issue a declaration that any Eldians who wish to escape
31:51
Speaker 1: persecution by the world would be free to move to
31:54
Speaker 1: Paradise Island, where they would be safe and treated equally.
31:57
Speaker 1: They then began forming pacts with other nations, such as Zadou,
32:01
Speaker 1: who were willing to ally with them in exchange for
32:03
Speaker 1: ice burst stone deposits, which were actually capable of being
32:06
Speaker 1: formed by the power of the Founding Titan, which essentially
32:10
Speaker 1: gave Paradise an infinite supply of this rare mineral. Fear remained,
32:14
Speaker 1: but Paradise managed to prosper as time passed. The end
32:17
Speaker 1: of Irwin's term as a Titan came and he would
32:20
Speaker 1: have to pass his Titan on. As he sat there,
32:23
Speaker 1: chained up, he could only smile, knowing that his father
32:26
Speaker 1: was right, and was grateful to find that he had
32:28
Speaker 1: proven as such, and with the Founder now in perfect use,
32:32
Speaker 1: Paradise would be protected just as Carl Fritz had intended.
32:35
Speaker 1: Irwin Smith died with a smile on his face. Throughout
32:38
Speaker 1: the years, Paradise continues to find itself protected by the
32:41
Speaker 1: power of the Founding Titan. Eventually, technology catches up with
32:45
Speaker 1: the rest of the world and the threat of the
32:46
Speaker 1: Titans slowly becomes a thing of the past. But instead
32:49
Speaker 1: of the world destroying the Eldeans as was feared, the
32:52
Speaker 1: world spins on. They no longer fear the Titans and
32:55
Speaker 1: therefore have no more reason to destroy Eldia. This is
32:59
Speaker 1: due in short part to the creation of nuclear weapons,
33:02
Speaker 1: which ensures that every world's superpower possesses the ability to
33:05
Speaker 1: end the world in a radioactive fire. Paradise does not
33:09
Speaker 1: possess any nuclear weapons at the time of their creation,
33:11
Speaker 1: but heso who does. And by this time there's such
33:14
Speaker 1: close allies that they're willing to stick up for Paradise.
33:17
Speaker 1: And as the age of atomic fear dawns on the world,
33:20
Speaker 1: the fear of Titans slowly diminishes, the world evolves, and
33:23
Speaker 1: eventually fear of Eldeans dies out. This results in world peace,
33:28
Speaker 1: a piece that is maintained by threat of violence, not
33:31
Speaker 1: too unlike the deterrent of the Founder, but all in all,
33:35
Speaker 1: it is peace, and I think that's a good place
33:38
Speaker 1: to end this what if? I hope you enjoyed it.
33:41
Speaker 1: I truly did. I'll be honest. I've been wanting to
33:43
Speaker 1: make this video for a while, and since the final
33:45
Speaker 1: episode of Attack on Titan is here, I thought that
33:48
Speaker 1: now would be the perfect time to make it. Anyway,
33:50
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33:55
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33:57
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