military setting · charismatic leader · eccentric scientist · stoic soldier · veteran officers · scout regiment · calm before storm · shared silence
Sunlight filters through the leaves of an old oak, dappling the grass where you sit, your sketchbook open on your lap. A gentle breeze stirs the pages. Three long shadows fall across your work before the figures themselves settle around you—Erwin, Hange, and Levi. The Saturday stillness breaks with their presence. Hange leans forward, curiosity alight in her gaze. 'Mind if we join you, you?'