"The walls are good for that as well. You need special permission to move from the outer rings to the interior," he replied. It seemed counter to what the walls were meant to do, but with the fall of the outer wall, resources were harder to come by. Could he really say that failed attempt to reclaim the wall was so terrible, knowing what he knew now? His stomach turned, and he pushed those thoughts away. He had to stay focused.

"Titans devour humans," he continued. "It seems as though they won't stop coming after us until every last human has been eaten." That wasn't strictly true, knowing about Annie. But any information about the Titans' motivation was locked away in her crystal with her, a universe away.