Eren looked down at Kaika, a warm smile on his face. "Hey there..." he said quietly, reaching over and taking her hand softly.

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Rachel led him to a portrait with the number '104' painted above it. It was a portrait of the whole 104th Trainee Squad, and in the front was Sasha, Jean, Marco, Connie, Mikasa, Eren, and Armin. Rachel smiled. "They were chosen as the best of the best, offered to go and protect the king himself in the Military Police... But they all refused the offer so that they could directly protect the citizens in the walls. The survey Core is where they ended up.... They're heroes to all of us rookies....." she said, tracing her finger along the facea of the people.