thru pg. 16

- this memory wastes no time: you're in the middle of a titan battle
- except for some reason you're slicing this one's belly open, even though you know that won't kill it
- ...a hand reaches out from inside the titan's stomach. this is is not looking good
- you reach for it and pull, and out comes your friend Farlan... or the top half of him, at least. dead. you take a moment to lay his body on the ground before turning around to face four titans coming at you at once
- you start off by taking out the first one's eyes, and then take down the other three one after the other. once they're dead, you turn back to the first and start talking to it, asking if humans taste good. of course there's no answer, so you kill this one, too
- as you step off its steaming body, something catches your eye...
- ...it's a head. like, a human one. your friend Isabel's.
- overcome with grief and rage, you kneel down and close her eyelids.
- a voice calls out, asking if there are any survivors, and the memory ends

So what?
+ fuck
+ he already knew Farlan and Isabel were dead, but he hadn't... seen their bodies yet
+ 5,000 need to protect certain people