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Burn

Levi rapped on Erwin 's office door and pushed it open. Erwin sat with his elbows planted on the desk, hands folded over his mouth, staring down at something. Levi padded closer and saw a sealed envelope, a lipstick mark over its flap.

'Sahlo? '

'Most likely, under the guise of Lady Gunnhild again. ' His voice was strained.

'You think he puts the lipstick on and kisses the envelope himself? ' Levi tried.

Erwin didn 't move.

Levi frowned. 'Why aren 't you opening it? '

'It 's been less than a week since he was here. ' Erwin 's eyes shifted to him. 'He was rather forthcoming about all that was coming to him, and we both ran up against walls trying to extract more. I can 't imagine he has much else to add. Besides, we 'll be seeing him tomorrow 'why bother sending a message? '