He gives her a brief and frankly baffled sort of look when she brandishes the book at him, but staring at his Squad Leader soon takes a backseat to frowning down at what she'd brought with her. It sinks into a more curious sort of surprise, and he reaches quickly and reflexively out to take the book from her.
Even if he can't read the words (can he? does the CDC sell books translated into shingekese we just don't know) the pictures speak loudly for themselves. He can't follow Hange's train of thought, the reasoning that went into the purchase. (Armin's old heretic books had illustrations, woodcut prints, sketchy black and white ideas of what they might see beyond the walls. This is very different.) But he holds it strangely carefully, even if his fingers pull tight on the cover at first.]
What is it?
[He doesn't even look back up at her to ask, too busy balancing it to flip open the first pages.]
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He gives her a brief and frankly baffled sort of look when she brandishes the book at him, but staring at his Squad Leader soon takes a backseat to frowning down at what she'd brought with her. It sinks into a more curious sort of surprise, and he reaches quickly and reflexively out to take the book from her.
Even if he can't read the words (can he? does the CDC sell books translated into shingekese we just don't know) the pictures speak loudly for themselves. He can't follow Hange's train of thought, the reasoning that went into the purchase. (Armin's old heretic books had illustrations, woodcut prints, sketchy black and white ideas of what they might see beyond the walls. This is very different.) But he holds it strangely carefully, even if his fingers pull tight on the cover at first.]
What is it?
[He doesn't even look back up at her to ask, too busy balancing it to flip open the first pages.]