"They are skilled at leaving people with just enough that they have too much to lose if they rebel."
There is a note of bitterness there, unpleasant on his tongue.
"Not exactly a weapon." Except, wasn't that exactly what they were? Eren was their weapon now. And from that Annie had told him, the other titan shifters served as a weapon for Marley. Still, that is knowledge he is not supposed to have, and certainly not something he can share. Not without the risk of awkward questions. "They are... I suppose you could call them--" humans "-- monsters. They seem to be something unique to the world I grew up in. They are humanoid creatures. According to our history books, they suddenly appeared over a century ago and decimated the human population. That is why the Walls were built, to protect us from them.
Most are anywhere between three and fifteen meters tall, though taller exceptions have been noted. We don't know a great deal about them, to be honest, but they seem single-mindedly determined to devour every human. We don't really know why, though we do know it is not for nutrition. They don't actually have a functioning digestive tract, you see, so they just end up regurgitating any humans they eat when their stomachs get full.
It's not just their size or desire to eat us that make them dangerous though. For the most part, Titans are invulnerable. They take damage, but they are also capable of rapidly regenerating any lost body parts. I've seen them recover their whole head within minutes, so, unfortunately, there are very few weapons capable of taking down a titan."
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There is a note of bitterness there, unpleasant on his tongue.
"Not exactly a weapon." Except, wasn't that exactly what they were? Eren was their weapon now. And from that Annie had told him, the other titan shifters served as a weapon for Marley. Still, that is knowledge he is not supposed to have, and certainly not something he can share. Not without the risk of awkward questions. "They are... I suppose you could call them--" humans "-- monsters. They seem to be something unique to the world I grew up in. They are humanoid creatures. According to our history books, they suddenly appeared over a century ago and decimated the human population. That is why the Walls were built, to protect us from them.
Most are anywhere between three and fifteen meters tall, though taller exceptions have been noted. We don't know a great deal about them, to be honest, but they seem single-mindedly determined to devour every human. We don't really know why, though we do know it is not for nutrition. They don't actually have a functioning digestive tract, you see, so they just end up regurgitating any humans they eat when their stomachs get full.
It's not just their size or desire to eat us that make them dangerous though. For the most part, Titans are invulnerable. They take damage, but they are also capable of rapidly regenerating any lost body parts. I've seen them recover their whole head within minutes, so, unfortunately, there are very few weapons capable of taking down a titan."