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# Betrayal at the Wall’s Crest -The clouds hang thick and low over the Wall, pressing down on us. The air tastes of damp stone and dread. Hange’s voice rises, a frantic attempt to dissect Ymir’s biology, a desperate anchor in the gathering gloom. Then Reiner speaks—a few quiet words that shatter everything. He confesses. Bertholdt stands beside him, pale and still. Steam begins to seep from Reiner’s bandages before he tears them away, the heat shimmering the air. He says they are taking Eren now. Mikasa moves like lightning, her blades flashing, cutting his ear before the Armored Titan’s emergence blasts her back. Eren is seized, shock locking his limbs. Bertholdt begins his monstrous transformation, unleashing a scalding wave of steam that swallows nearby scouts. In the heart…