The Experiment (Attack on Titan // LeviHan) (Part 1)

Segue 1 - Zoë's Notebook

≈ Excerpts from Zoë Hange's private notebook ≈

Had a talk with Ilse L. today, funny how we never interacted before. She told me how she started documenting her life in the Corps a while ago. Mainly for herself. I want to try this too. I'm feeling a little... .... .... Dear journal, I will work on my ability to match the right words with my emotions, I currently don't have that skill.

> December 10, 845

I sometimes wake up crying because I dream that Levi is dead. One recurring nightmare is that he transforms into a Titan and we have to kill him.

He kept his promise. I can conduct tests on him. So much I don't understand...

I miss him even if we see each other every day.

(Sorry for such a melancholic first entry, notebook. You deserve better!)

> December 12, 845

The leaves from the bush called "Eldian Dreams" have no effect on Levi anymore. I tried four different dosages over several days, one very strong, but there was no reaction whatsoever. It's like he told me: The first dose of any substance has a strong effect (PINK! thinking of that day makes me laugh before I remember everything else that happened, which makes me want to cry), the second dose only a medium effect, and the third one no effect.

I wonder, is that part of his bloodline trait? Without other test subjects from the same line, I cannot confirm my theory. Are there any others like him? I have thought about contacting my Father to find out but ... the less I see him the better and I won't give him the satisfaction of admitting my inability to solve this mystery around Levi.

I also wonder when the second time Levi imbibed the leaves was. It could have been that day of the fight. I asked him about seeing pink things when he fought, but strangely, he recalls nothing about it (Note: test memory retention in Levi). But that huge scar Levi got from Annika is so faint already I am assuming exceptionally fast healing again, which corroborates my theory.

P.S. Yes, I make him take off his shirt often in the lab, sometimes even when it's not strictly needed. How very professional, Hange-san. But it's all "look and don't touch", so I guess it's excusable?

> December 14, 845

Big news: Annika isn't dying anymore.

I have to talk to Erwin about his agreement with her - surely he doesn't think he needs to honor it?! Levi doesn't seem to care about her presence but I wonder... As soon as she's well enough, I'll question her again. I just don't trust her motives nor do I think the story she told us makes much sense. Or maybe I just don't understand her special brand of love? Sticks a knife into a person deep enough to kill but wants to live with him on a farm afterwards? I mean...

> December 19, 845

Erwin said Annika can join the Training Corps as soon as she's sufficiently recovered. I don't like it, she's a loose cannon, but Erwin won't listen to me. I haven't had a chance to talk to her yet - possible that she's avoiding me. She's not avoiding Levi though, I spotted them walking in the courtyard together this morning. They look very close and familiar. Well... they've known each other for ages, so not much of a surprise there. Maybe it's some kind of comfort for him to have someone from the Underground to talk to?

Treibel on the other hand threw a massive fit when he saw her, it was almost comical. I think he's afraid of her. If she expresses her love by sticking knives into people, then he better watch out or he'll end up marrying her (haha).

(The Levi-Experiments are continuing. I use a different notebook to write down details about them. I have to work on separating work from personal matters. A tip from Commander Erwin! He's a perceptive bastard.)