Eren's shoulders sagged to the point of surrender. He wet his lips, a strained hush coming into his voice. "It's maddening, you know. I can't feel much anymore except in my leg." He glanced back to the mirror. "You understand. That's why you're still here." Even when he was disarmed, bedraggled, his reflection's gaze still bored into Reiner.

Eye-to-eye, the enemy opens his mouth and says: "I'm the same as you."

Succeeding another bout of training with ODM gear, Eren has an unexpected run-in with Annie in the nearby storage shed and the situation quickly spirals out of control. Whether or not their actions will have any lasting consequences remains to be seen; for now, all that's left to do is try to survive the remaining months until graduation. [Ongoing!]