[It's selfish. But it's human. Wanting to stay alive. Survival.
Just survival has never been enough for him.
His shoulders square. His hands pull into fists. He's here because the CDC tricked him here. Blackmailed him into cooperation. He's here because that woman had asked him if—]
I'm fighting for humanity.
[He seems to pull himself up straighter. Lifting his chin like he's got something to prove. Like he's had to do it a thousand times before. It's so familiar he's hardly even aware he's doing it.]
I'm going to exterminate the titans and free humanity from the walls. I'm not letting the CDC stop me.
[And that means staying alive. (Maybe it even means taking them down.) Fiercely, earnestly, honestly—]
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Just survival has never been enough for him.
His shoulders square. His hands pull into fists. He's here because the CDC tricked him here. Blackmailed him into cooperation. He's here because that woman had asked him if—]
I'm fighting for humanity.
[He seems to pull himself up straighter. Lifting his chin like he's got something to prove. Like he's had to do it a thousand times before. It's so familiar he's hardly even aware he's doing it.]
I'm going to exterminate the titans and free humanity from the walls. I'm not letting the CDC stop me.
[And that means staying alive. (Maybe it even means taking them down.) Fiercely, earnestly, honestly—]
I'll do whatever it takes.