Once they returned the Commander 's hollow, Eren was pleased to find the pair of alphas were still in one piece. They both still held a stand-offish posture and seemed to be at odds, but the atmosphere had eased around them and lost its frigid bite. Armin had been correct ' Levi and Erwin had gotten along better in their absence. Perhaps alphas were more reasonable when they each had nothing to defend.

Nevertheless, they were both visibly relieved when he and Armin walked back into the hollow.

'Erwin, ' Armin called, stopping only a few steps in. 'We 're heading over to Grandpa 's now. Are you sure you don 't want to come? '

'I still have work to do, unfortunately. ' Erwin gave him a knowing glance before walking towards the back of the hollow. 'You go ahead ' but come back soon. There are still things to discuss. '

'I will. '