[Nobody should see those things, really, but especially not someone like Kazuki who would've been utterly unprepared for what he'd see. Not that there is anything that can really fully prepare you for the aftermath of a battle, but even so.]
Titans are... let's call them monsters. [Humans turned into monsters, as he had learned from Annie but he can't be open about that. Not that Kazuki would be a concern, but it might get back to Jean or the others via him and that would raise questions.] Generally, they are between three and fifteen meters tall, though there are exceptions. As you probably saw, all they care about is eating humans.
Part of what makes them so hard to deal with is that they heal very rapidly. You could use a canon to take one out at the knee, and its leg would repair itself within minutes. In fact, the only vulnerable spot they have is at the back of their necks. What our training prepares us for is handling titans. And we use something called the Three Dimensional Gear, or gear for short, to do so. You can't fight titans on the ground. It's a death sentence. The only thing that works is getting up into the air and getting behind them, so you can cut through their necks. Our gear helps us do that.
It's... a little difficult to explain, but essentially, we use anchors and a gas-driven motor to move off the ground. Of course, it really only functions in an area with plenty of tall structures to grapple onto. Trees or buildings or things of that nature. Using the gear isn't easy. To be honest, I never really got good at it. Not like Jean or the others. We train for three years because that is about as long as it takes to be able to pass the combat readiness test. Though compared to a true veteran, our gear skills at the end of our training are still pretty green.
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[Nobody should see those things, really, but especially not someone like Kazuki who would've been utterly unprepared for what he'd see. Not that there is anything that can really fully prepare you for the aftermath of a battle, but even so.]
Titans are... let's call them monsters. [Humans turned into monsters, as he had learned from Annie but he can't be open about that. Not that Kazuki would be a concern, but it might get back to Jean or the others via him and that would raise questions.] Generally, they are between three and fifteen meters tall, though there are exceptions. As you probably saw, all they care about is eating humans.
Part of what makes them so hard to deal with is that they heal very rapidly. You could use a canon to take one out at the knee, and its leg would repair itself within minutes. In fact, the only vulnerable spot they have is at the back of their necks. What our training prepares us for is handling titans. And we use something called the Three Dimensional Gear, or gear for short, to do so. You can't fight titans on the ground. It's a death sentence. The only thing that works is getting up into the air and getting behind them, so you can cut through their necks. Our gear helps us do that.
It's... a little difficult to explain, but essentially, we use anchors and a gas-driven motor to move off the ground. Of course, it really only functions in an area with plenty of tall structures to grapple onto. Trees or buildings or things of that nature. Using the gear isn't easy. To be honest, I never really got good at it. Not like Jean or the others. We train for three years because that is about as long as it takes to be able to pass the combat readiness test. Though compared to a true veteran, our gear skills at the end of our training are still pretty green.