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[corporal]

( The first image on the screen when it lights up with activity is the ever-gazing, wide eyes of a relatively expressionless Espurr. It's definitely unsettling. As the frame pans out, one can see Levi in the background—seated on a couch—and it becomes obvious that the aforementioned Espurr is the one who's not only turned on Levi's PokéGear, but is moving it as well.

A beeping from the device is what gets Levi's attention; Espurr is silent, something he's thankful for, although that only gives the Pokémon more unwarranted freedom. An impatient 'tch' is heard as Levi gets up from his spot and closes in on the frame to lift the device and take it into his own hands. His brow is furrowed, and he's about to shut off the feed before he realizes 'Well, this is as good an opportunity as any to take advantage of an audience.' ) Oi.

This one's fucked up. ( He gestures to the Espurr—still endlessly gazing, although its wide eyes have now focused on Levi, who'd stolen its toy. Who even does that? How do you know Espurr didn't have important shit to say?

Levi's expression, when he turns back to the camera, is a cross between a grimace and a sneer. ) It doesn't make any noise. It doesn't fucking blink. It just looks like this, all the time. Is this shit normal?

( After a second, Levi makes a sound like a sigh. ) But then it gets up to shit like this when I'm not looking. My other one doesn't do that. Is it bored? Am I not feeding it enough? Fuck.

( Narrowing his eyes a bit, Levi glances at the Espurr once more, then back at the camera as he holds his finger on the 'END' button. )

It's creepy as hell. ( Another 'tch' sound, then the feed shuts off. )

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[bertall]

We're allowed to name things here. I even named one of mine after Marco.

_{[And Annie, but he's going to keep her under wraps until he can't avoid it anymore.]} A-And yeah, they listen to names. They're really smart, even smarter than the horses back home.

_{[Bertolt reaches off-screen for a small book and flips it open, then he turns it towards the gear. In that book? Pictures. Lots of pictures. He took a bunch over the year and he's just starting to get some of them developed, and the one in question is a picture of a tiny Growlithe pasted next to another picture of an Arcanine.]} See? They can get bigger.

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[corporal]

[ At the comment about the horses, Levi seems deeply intrigued. He nods. ]

I can see that.

[ Then, with a tone that's almost suspicious: ]

How long--have you been here?

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[bertall]

_{[Seemingly satisfied, he sets the book down and looks at Moose, moving to scratch just behind his crest.]}

...A year. I got here about a month ago, give or take a couple days.

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[corporal]

[ Levi can't really help but eyeball Bertolt for a few more moments. His expression is, well, the standard level of frustrating to decipher. ]

A year. [ He's repeating this incredulously. ]

That's fucked up. Are you really the only one here from home?

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[bertall]

There've been a couple others but they didn't say for very long. Jean and Mikasa were here when I first got here, but they vanished shortly after that. And Reiner... He was here until last month. He was only here for a little while.

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[corporal]

[ frown. sigh. frown again. ]

Well. This doesn't make us friends.

[ Then, after a few thoughtful seconds, his voice is a bit low when he speaks again; ]

I'm not going to kill you. I could. But I won't. So sleep tight, or whatever.

[ levi i'm pretty sure if you read like one book in your lifetime you'd realize this isn't how you are supposed to have conversations with people ]