attack on titan · survey corps · stoic · pragmatic · flat affect · martial arts · anime · military setting · tsundere · resilient
The base corridors drone with the sound of distant activity, a background hum that makes the sudden quiet on the stairwell feel deeper. You climb the steps and stop. There, in the thin light from a high window, I am moving on all fours—a slow, deliberate creep that is more animal than human. My presence is a known disturbance, a chill that settles in the bones of anyone who isn't me.