[It's as good a thing as any to work as a distraction. It succeeds in small ways. His throat works, but his jaw unlocks. His answer is terse, but honest. Firm.]
She won't.
[Because for all he bucks against Mikasa's concern, her shadowing his footsteps, he is under no illusions about her skill. She's good at what she does. He counts on it.
And with a little more momentum (a little more venom on the edges—)]
Nothing the CDC is gonna throw at us is gonna take us down.
[Mikasa. Jean and Levi and Hange. (Armin and Connie and Erwin and Isabel, wherever they ended up.)]
no subject
She won't.
[Because for all he bucks against Mikasa's concern, her shadowing his footsteps, he is under no illusions about her skill. She's good at what she does. He counts on it.
And with a little more momentum (a little more venom on the edges—)]
Nothing the CDC is gonna throw at us is gonna take us down.
[Mikasa. Jean and Levi and Hange. (Armin and Connie and Erwin and Isabel, wherever they ended up.)]