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[imgonnatouchit]

No, we don't have either of those places... Where I'm from, the land behind the Walls is all there is. There are no more countries or anything like that. Just the Capitol inside Wall Sina, the underground, and the various cities.

Are you... from Earth? That seems to be where most of us are from.

[exequies]

[It sounds unbelievable, though the sincerity is there. Undertaker doubts that he's being lied to, and that means that Hange must be telling the truth.]

ive never heard of any of those places.

that obvious eh? well i guess it would be after all that.
ive been living in england for a while.

[imgonnatouchit]

Oh, England! That's the name of one of the people here. And I think some of the others have said that's where they're from. So, at least you won't be alone?

Come to think of it, I'm not sure if England is from England, but he does sound like the other people who say they are.

[exequies]

[It would be a very weird coincidence. Though the thought of someone named England with a British accent is just too good for him to pass up...]

oh really? do you know his name on these things off the top of your head?

[imgonnatouchit]

Er, not off the top of my head, but I could look it up.

[Hange takes a moment to poke around the archives.]

It's @SceptredIsle, I think. [Which Hange only knows to connect to his name because of his post after appearing on an obituary. They don't actually cross paths with him that much.]

[exequies]

got it

so you arent from earth then? i admit to never have thought about the possibility of other planets out there.

[imgonnatouchit]

I hadn't thought of it either. For us, the territory outside of the Walls was foreign enough, let alone other worlds. But, well, here we are...

To be honest with you, I'm not sure if we're from Earth. Our maps are too incomplete to tell if we're just in the middle of a much larger world, or if there isn't all that much to it.

[exequies]

[Undertaker's smart enough to not just ask why they haven't explored further, now that he has the information that he has.]

what happened? war?

[They did mention city walls.]

[imgonnatouchit]

Something like that. We were essentially trapped there by a common enemy that wiped out most of the human race. We call them Titans. They're giants, like people, but massive and disfigured. They eat human beings exclusively.

[And is that a hint of excitement in that tone of voice? Perhaps.]

[exequies]

[He notices, but he's more intrigued by the statement itself. For various reasons. It's a good thing he's using text and can mask his own voice, but his response might lack the usual horrified air none-the-less.]

my how troublesome. why is it only humans?

[imgonnatouchit]

Because... well, we don't know for sure, but it's probably because they were created as a weapon specifically to do just that.

[At least, that's the forerunning theory at the moment.]

[exequies]

[Created by whom? There's a lot of follow up questions he wants to ask, but now isn't really the time or place. He's going to file this information away for later, though.]

i wonder how anyone could create such a thing. though there are those anomalies here too right? they sound like they might be similar.

[imgonnatouchit]

We're not sure yet how they're created. [Even if they do know with what, and potentially by whom.]

And as for the anomalies, I'm working on a similar idea, yes. They've displayed behavior that seems to suggest they either are or were something else before, and we have yet to establish that they aren't being controlled by something, so... It seems likely they were created, and entirely possible that it was for the purpose of attacking us and hindering our progress.

[exequies]

do you trust this admin person?

[Because out of anyone, it seems most logical to assume that they're in control of them. He's also getting more and more of an impression that this is set up like some sort of giant puzzle. Restricted movements, enemy opponents, items and food that are spread just thin enough to keep them alive but not give them an unfair advantage.]

[imgonnatouchit]

No, definitely not implicitly. [It makes Hange just a slight bit nervous to say something like that publicly, but everyone else seems to say it to the Admin's hypothetical face and receive no punishment, so.

The Admin's no king.]

If I had to guess, I'd say she's not on our side. Not necessarily an enemy, but she either can't or won't help us to the best of her abilities.