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[ There's a knock on Armin's door. ]

[ Maybe he's been conditioned by now to check the time and see if he's late for Annika again (he's not), but this time it's not Eren or a note behind his door. It's Levi himself, standing there awkwardly with a tiny brown paper package. ]

[ (It's a Safety Pin. Nearly all of their people have it at this point, and it may be in big part courtesy of Levi.) ]

[ The silence stretches for a few moments, then he shoves it at Armin's chest. Hopefully instructions of use are included in the package because Levi doesn't seem to be feeling particularly wordy just now. ]

Figured you should have one, too.

[Armin looks a little dumb for a minute, blinking at Levi while he holds the package in his hands. Is...Captain Levi giving him a gift?

[Is he supposed to open it right now, or wait until Levi-- Well, he's not leaving, so. Armin takes the Safety Pin out of the package; mercifully, there is a little booklet inside which Armin hopes will explain more than Levi's willing to.]

It's-- Well. [???] Thank you! I'll have to read about what it does - does it do something?

It's really very nice.

[ HE SURE IS. He's also staring back, but without blinking, at least until Armin finally takes the package, which seems to scale the overall intensity down. ]

[ "Really very nice" Armin please it's a fucking safety pin. ]

Oi. You don't need to lay it on so thick while you don't even know what it is. [ Said very flatly, so it's hard to say if it's chiding or humorous. ]

...But yes, it does something. It's protection magic. You set a command and you'll be able to summon a shield with it.

[ He gestures at the booklet for the nitty-gritty of it. ]

I know you can protect yourself, but transforming isn't always a good idea. Especially for you. [ They don't want the city in shambles, right? ] Think of this as a safety net.

[At Levi's chiding (or joking), Armin gives an apologetic smile (though it's not unamused).] Sorry.

And thank you. Yes, I'd...like to avoid transforming if it all possible.

[For plenty of reasons, largest of all being the desire to avoid taking innocent lives - not insignificantly, however, the desire to avoid having to talk to Reiner about Bertholdt until it's absolutely necessary (there will never be a right time, and the longer Armin goes without telling him, the worse the situation will become - still, he's allowed to be fallible once in a while).]

When I first got here, I told myself that I'd avoid dangerous missions as much as possible, but...I've already struggled to keep my word on that.

This will be good to have.

[ The apology gets a bit of an eyeroll, but Levi leaves it be otherwise. ]

[ He is willing to tell Reiner about Bertholdt whenever he asks; it's fine if it makes him hate him -- he should still know the truth. He hasn't yet. Levi's hardly the person he would go to for that, he supposes, but he wouldn't mind stepping in if needed. ]

[ Especially if it leaves Reiner's bonds to the other kids slightly less broken as result. ]

I'm not going to tell you not to help. I know you can handle it. [ Honestly, most of these "dangerous missions" are walks in the garden compared to home. ] But don't get yourself killed.

[ Or else. ]

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