When I volunteered to succeed my uncle, I was every bit as ignorant as my people. I had no idea about the world outside the Walls. I thought that if only I could withstand the ghosts of our ancestors that possessed him - that's how I explained his inaction to myself, at the time -, I could unmake the titans and free our people from their cage. A child's dream. Needless to say, I failed. I failed all my people and, in losing the Founding Titan, I also failed the outside world. I was weak. I was...
[She trails off, shaking her head once more. She wasn't ready to kill, perhaps too ready to accept death... but even if that had been otherwise, her opponent was so much larger, he had the physical advantage.]
Please don't blame my family. They, too, were ignorant. My uncle didn't tell them, and neither did I. Our ancestor's vow stilled our tongue.
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When I volunteered to succeed my uncle, I was every bit as ignorant as my people. I had no idea about the world outside the Walls. I thought that if only I could withstand the ghosts of our ancestors that possessed him - that's how I explained his inaction to myself, at the time -, I could unmake the titans and free our people from their cage. A child's dream. Needless to say, I failed. I failed all my people and, in losing the Founding Titan, I also failed the outside world. I was weak. I was...
[She trails off, shaking her head once more. She wasn't ready to kill, perhaps too ready to accept death... but even if that had been otherwise, her opponent was so much larger, he had the physical advantage.]
Please don't blame my family. They, too, were ignorant. My uncle didn't tell them, and neither did I. Our ancestor's vow stilled our tongue.