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Preparations

Levi slumped against the carriage wall, watching Eren Yeager sleep. They were more than halfway through the journey; the boy had been sleeping since they had left Mitras. His injuries from the day before had already fully healed.

Beside Eren, Hange finally finished making notes in a notebook, then tucked it under the seat. 'Looks like the healing process is exhausting. We 'll have to keep that in mind on the field. '

Levi grunted.

Hange carefully crossed to his side of the carriage and dropped onto the bench next to him. 'You okay? You seemed pretty shaken up last night. '

He edged away from the probing brown gaze. 'I 'm fine. ' Maybe he was still conflicted about the man he had become in the courtroom, but he had a ring in his pocket from someone who thought he was worth a shared future. That meant something.

'How do you feel about all this? ' Hange asked.