With Eren being not particularly threatening and Captain Levi confident that he could end him if he really needed to, Commander Erwin's proposal was easily accepted. The MPs assumed that killing Eren for some fruitless disection and their own peace of mind was a foregone conclusion, but in no way was it this. An advantage, a resource, had to be cultivated properly. They had so very little, on the grand scale of things. They needed this, and they needed the incentive towards a particular goal. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In the dungeon, right before Sara and Kate left Eren's cell... [color=8dc73f]"...the basement!"[/color] The basement? [color=8dc73f]"There's something in the basement of my home in Shigenshina. My father told me there was something important there, and I have the key!"[/color] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ An incentive, a clue. Eren seemed convinced that his father held something important in his basement. Kate remembered it, vaguely. She remembered the key around Grisha Jaeger's neck during one of their sessions, supposedly the same key that Eren had now. It was a longshot, truth be told, but suppose... What if there was something really there? What if, besides the notion of sealing up Wall Maria, they could learn something new and important? Kate had, of course, no idea what Grisha did in his spare time. He was a doctor and he helped cure her of her trauma from when she was younger. If Shigenshina were targeted [i]because[/i] of him... [color=f7941d][i]No matter, for now. We'll have to reach it first. Now...wait a minute. Where'd it go?[/i][/color] People had started getting up and leaving. Eren was being taken away. In the shuffle, Kate noticed that the tooth was gone. Someone must've picked it up, and the only real answer to [i]that[/i] was... [color=f7941d]"Of [i]course[/i] she did."[/color] >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Eren was still sort of reeling from the trial, or from the blows inflicted upon him by Sara. He was actually kind of surprised he [i]didn't[/i] transform. When Erwin greeted him, apologized to him, it was a little hard for him to contain himself. He took his hand almost eagerly. And why not? Erwin Smith was a man of rank, courage, and determination. He was someone to look up to, believe in. Sara, on the other hand, was a bit scary. [color=8dc73f]"It's okay, though... I understand why it was necessary."[/color] And this was where Hange pulled out the tooth he lost. Good god, she was [i]keeping[/i] that? If she did [i]that[/i], you have to wonder...did she have his arm from before too? Probably. Hange seemed to want to test it, and him, for alot. She asked him about the pain he felt and even wanted to see the inside of his mouth, where it was revealed...he had a full set of teeth. [color=8dc73f]"Commander, are you sure I'm not going to be disected?"[/color] Before the man could even try to reassure him, Hange got in first by a mile, shaking her head wildly with those glaring eyes. [color=a0410d]"No no no no! I would [i]never[/i] take apart someone as vitally important as you! How could you even [i]suggest[/i] such a thing when there's so much more to learn while you're alive? Run some tests, make some notes - certainly. But I have [i]other[/i] subjects for the really deep stuff."[/color] Eren was taken aback. He saw [i]several[/i] things familiar about this woman. Like he'd seen a face like hers that was alot more calm, but still blessed with that same mad spark of genius. And those eyes. He'd seen those wild eyes before. That was when Eren had the 'Oh god, what have I gotten myself into?' look, for sure.