Normally, when a person so so-saturated with thoughts that information passed to them will register and then quickly move on to the backburner, where naturally it would be later recalled. However, there was a part in how Sara addressed her that got caught, something she hadn't expected to hear. She called her 'doctor', and that actually halted her writing, mid-word, as she had been outlining the initial observations of the strange feral Titan. There'd been that slight flinch, then she liked to the Shredders sitting beside her and up at Sara herself in confusion. [color=f7941d]"Doctor? No, no... I'm not anything like..."[/color] However, Armin decided to encourage this, saying [color=fff200]"You really are, though. [i]How[/i] often are you studying?"[/color], knowing already that the answer was 'All the time'. He might've been trying to encourage her, but the fact was that she didn't want to be reminded just now of her mother, a true genius. Somewhere in all the paperwork, Kate had a rank and/or title. She didn't really acknowledge it. She assumed that when it was important, people would listen to her because she hopefully made sense, and beyond that...didn't really want authority over people. She responded to Sara quietly. [color=f7941d]"Th-thank you. I'm just trying to do my duty."[/color] She again looked expectantly at Armin, bidding him to speak. This time, Mikasa gave him the nod and he began to articulate it, starting from when Eren practically dove into the mouth of a Titan to save him. Kate tried not to let this register, but the way her eyes darted to the unconscious boy and back to Armin, especially when he then said that Eren was eaten in front of him... No one could fail to register just a [i]little[/i] surprise. The only reason Sara wasn't catching this was because Armin was keeping his voice down and a pair of scouts had called her attention for a moment. She wrote down feverishly, almost tearing the page several times. Sara gave her an order to tend to Eren and she simply nodded before the white-haired fighter took a dive from the wall. She wanted to reinforce the others, make easier the evacuation of people from the area. Nothing either of them said accounted for Eren's transformation into a Titan. No other person in recorded history transformed into a Titan when eaten by another Titan. They just died. Why, apart from his overwhelming rage, was Eren so special? It was impossible, a wall of ignorance to the whole thing as thick as the wall they sat on now. [color=f7941d]"I don't understand. He couldn't do this five years ago. What's changed between then and now? What did he do?"[/color] He couldn't just [i]wish it[/i], no matter [i]how[/i] much he hated the Titans. Mikasa chimed in [color=0054a6]"He became a soldier. That's all."[/color], stating that there [i]was[/i] no difference between him or anybody in training, nothing except the things that made him Eren, which alone were not enough for this... Eren was always like this, even as a Titan. He gave [i]shape[/i] to his Titan form, but he sure as hell didn't make it himself! Kate stood up, feeling frustrated. [color=f7941d]"Soldiers don't just become Titans, and neither do people! Something had to be done to him to make it happen! Someone has to be responsible for this!"[/color] This outburst come right as Sarah was actually returning unexpectedly to the top of the wall...