Erwin frowns at the letter in his hands.

There 's something foreboding about it, something accusatory. What could Dok mean, saying

coincidence

like that? Implying '

what

exactly? It was fortunate, sure. Something to truly change the tide of this long, long war. And timely, too, yes.

But a coincidence?

Is Dok accusing him of having a hand in the Jaeger 's appearance? Or is he warning him? What could Dok possibly know about such a creature that Survey and the Garrison didn 't?

Unless Pixis

did

know something and wasn 't telling him?

Or,

a chilling thought arises,

if it 's to do with the capital.

But would Dok actually warn him if there was something sinister happening in those gilded halls?

Rapid footsteps behind him draw him out of his thoughts, and he tucks the missive into an inner pocket of his uniform jacket. No sense in spiraling off into

what-ifs.