𝐈𝐋𝐒𝐄'𝐒 𝐉𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐍𝐀𝐋.ʜᴀɴᴊɪ ᴢᴏᴇ̈

『17』A Wolf Experiment

Thursday, May 2, 850 at 14:56
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Balancing on your own two feet, you let out a 'humph' as you landed out of the pit, putting your blades back where they belonged and looking back at your work. In the pit lay the four wolves, cut free from the fettering ropes yet laying just as still as they had while trapped in their ensnarements. The grey furred animals were slightly twitching in their slumber -indicating that they were to soon wake up- and despite the fact that they were easy prey, Albert and Chicacchironi remained trained on the soldiers at the opposite end of the pit, standing tall and still as they acted as bait. You shifted your eyes slightly to the side as you noticed Hanji standing next to you, Moblit -who was on her other side- holding out the pocket watch he always carried for the brunette to read. She scribbled down the words, muttering a little to herself, "ᶠʳᵉᵉᵈ ᵃᵗ... ᶠᵒᵘʳᵗᵉᵉⁿ ᶠⁱᶠᵗʸ... ˢᵉᵛᵉⁿ... ᴼⁿˡʸ... ᵀʷⁱᵗᶜʰⁱⁿᵍ... ᴬ ˡⁱᵗᵗˡᵉ." before bringing up the volume of her voice, addressing the brown haired soldier beside her, "Thank you, Moblit."

"No problem, section commander." he said as he pulled his hand back and placed the miniature clock back into one of his breast pockets, 'That must be really useful at times, I kinda wonder why we don't have our own...'

"Hey Hanji?" you asked.

"Hm?"

"Why don't we have our own pocket watches? Wouldn't it come in handy?"

A look of understanding crossed her face, making you think that the bubbly woman had once thought of the idea herself, "Ah, well, I have asked Erwin in the past, but he doesn't seem too keen on the idea of using so much of our reserved money to tell the time. He'd even said that most cadets end up dying, so that in the end, it's kind of a waste."

'Oh geez,' you thought, as a slightly disturbed look crossed over your face, 'That is a very dark approach to it, but I suppose being commander of the Survey Corps has refined him into having such outlooks.'

A small giggle passed between Hanji's lips, and you felt your own lift upwards as you realized that you had made the woman laugh -from how silly your face looked or not, you counted it as a victory, "I think that's the same face I made at first," she admitted, "I was eventually able to convince Erwin that we need at least a few, and I was able to haggle one out of him."

"And you gave it to Moblit?"

"Yup!"

"But why? You would certainly have more uses for it than him, right? So why bother giving it to him?" you said, before sparing a glance to the brown eyes of Moblit who were looking back at you, not in a harsh way from what you had just said at all, but rather from just following the conversation, "No offence, Moblit."

He shook his head dismissively, "None taken, captain. I've often wondered about it myself."

Meeting your inquisitive eyes back to Hanji, you awaited her response, "The reasoning behind the decision is simple, have you met me? I go all over the place, if I were to misplace it, that would not only get me in trouble with Erwin, but also hinder myself, y'know? And Moblit not only keeps track of every and anything, but he is also never too far behind me. So choosing him to keep a hold on the pocket watch was just common sense." she said, before pensively looking up at the sky slightly, closing the journal in her hold and gripping the pencil in her other hand, "Also, with how close I am to titans all the time during experimentation, I figured it would be best to choose him given that anything should happen to me."

You narrowed your eyes at the girl ever so slightly, expressing your discontent with what she was suggesting, "Hey! Don't say that, you have fast reflexes! If anything, it's the titans that should be the ones watching out."