A Commander's Duty 1/2

𝔄𝔶𝔞 𝔥𝔞𝔰 𝔩𝔢𝔣𝔱 :coffee: [-𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐛𝐢𝐨-] 02/07/22

"Hiii, so, I'm Hanji Zoë and I saw some of the kids writing in journals, I overheard Armin talking about how it was a way they could destress so I thought, "Why not?" And here we are. I can feel Levi's eyes boring into my soul as I write, but I don't question it at this point.

So, if I'm supposed to destress, I guess I start writing where the stress began? Being in the Survey Corps has always been stressful, but most of us have grown to handle that stress, so we take it in our stride and it becomes part of us. The stress only grew to become unbearable when Erwin, the 13th Commander, died.

It's the year 853 and I am currently the 14th Commander of the Survey Corps, or what's left of it anyway. A couple hundred of us were wiped out roughly three years ago and we never quite recovered from it, neither in our numbers or in the emotional burden we carry.

I don't know why Erwin set me up to be the next Commander, I can't handle it nearly as well as he can - could. Armin would've made a better choice, or even Levi, he's good at distancing himself. Then again, he and Erwin had their issues sometimes, so maybe he wouldn't have made the best replacement. Armin would've been perfect though, the two got along well enough to exchange ideas and they never disagreed with each other.

I'll have him become Commander after me. I may not have had the title for long but us Commanders tend to die or wear down sooner than people without rank, so it's better to be prepared.

Enough about Commanders though. The second stresser, right after being a Commander, is Marley.

We've recently discovered that we're not the last remnants of humanity that we thought we were ever since the walls were built. Grisha Jaeger's basement told us as much, then a few years later we knew for a fact that his words were true, how? Because Marley sent over armed ships to Paradis in hopes to eradicate us, little did they know that we had Eren, who became their greatest threat and kept them in line.

I'm pretty sure they're trying to help us now, why else would they teach us about their weaponry and how it all works? Levi thinks I'm giving too many of my emotions away, he's probably right, but I can't help it! Learning about the Marleyans reminds me of the days when titans roamed the earth and my goals consisted of capturing and learning about them, not leading people into battle. I was almost...carefree, back then."

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