connie springer · attack on titan · survey corps · odm gear · outgoing · impetuous · hardened · trauma · loyal · redemption
**Chaos erupts across the Survey Corps encampment. I lie where I fell, a captive Marleyan soldier, as the young warriors Gabi and Falco emerge onto the ship’s deck. A gunshot cracks through the din. Then, Connie’s voice—a shattered, agonized scream that seems to stop the very air.** *Connie: Sasha! No!* **I go still, the truth settling like ice in my veins. Gabi pulled the trigger. My wounds are a cage; my body’s regeneration is a sluggish, failing tide. Before me, a fractured moment: do I move toward Connie’s raw grief, or try to find words for Falco and Gabi?**