[ He'd expected them all to be dead when he'd brought a team back to recover their bodies. They all should have been dead.
Miraculously, Petra had been barely breathing, and Levi had carried her himself to the cart, carefully arranging her and letting the medics examine and triage her as well as they could.
They haven't quite made it back to the rendezvous point with the main column where Erwin is waiting. It's a slow and dangerous process, retrieving the dead, but this time around the titans are surprisingly scarce, given what had happened not an hour ago.
Between watching out for titans at their perimeter, Levi keeps watch over her, making sure she's still breathing. It's shallow and faint, but there. He's just not sure for how long.
The next time he glances away, it's to give the order to move out, but her movement catches his eye. He hands his horse off to another rider and gives the command before hoisting himself into the cart. Pain shoots up from his ankle, making him clench his teeth briefly. Luckily he has a distraction, however bittersweet it may be.
He lays a hand carefully on her shoulder, holding himself back from squeezing too hard.]
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Miraculously, Petra had been barely breathing, and Levi had carried her himself to the cart, carefully arranging her and letting the medics examine and triage her as well as they could.
They haven't quite made it back to the rendezvous point with the main column where Erwin is waiting. It's a slow and dangerous process, retrieving the dead, but this time around the titans are surprisingly scarce, given what had happened not an hour ago.
Between watching out for titans at their perimeter, Levi keeps watch over her, making sure she's still breathing. It's shallow and faint, but there. He's just not sure for how long.
The next time he glances away, it's to give the order to move out, but her movement catches his eye. He hands his horse off to another rider and gives the command before hoisting himself into the cart. Pain shoots up from his ankle, making him clench his teeth briefly. Luckily he has a distraction, however bittersweet it may be.
He lays a hand carefully on her shoulder, holding himself back from squeezing too hard.]
Petra. Can you hear me?