By some miracle, Hange doesn't give themselves shot.

The cart titan rounds on them, nearly making you grab your rifle, but Hange somehow manages to talk them down. Even though your heart is going a million miles an hour in your chest, you try to place your faith in Hange and keep yourself still. Worst case scenario, this goes badly wrong, and all three of you get killed. Best case scenario, you make new friends.

You scowl to yourself. You don't

want

to make friends with Pieck and whoever else is with her- if they're anything like the rest of the Marleyans, they're going to want you dead simply for existing.

You see Hange turn towards you and beckon to you. You see two people on the back of the cart titan- one of them is steaming. Probably Pieck. "Here goes nothing," you mumble to yourself, and you urge the horses forwards.

As you close in, the urge to grab your rifle becomes stronger and stronger. Your fingers feel dangerously twitchy.