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Summary
Bertholdt kept his eyes down in the mess hall as of late. The sight of his "comrades," his unbroken, infantile little comrades, chattering and laughing and squabbling amongst themselves, set an unnameable pit in his stomach.
(He never left that room full, no matter how much he ate.)
Bertholdt's body changes in the weeks following his encounter with Reiner in the washroom. What starts off as a minor ailment escalates into an infection that increasingly consumes his life, and which he struggles to keep hidden from his (should-be) classmates. Under the suffocating environment of the 104th, Bertholdt's relationship with his comrades frays, his mind strains, and lines that ought to have remained solid are blurred.
Something gnaws at him.
And it will not go away.
Series
- Part 2 of The Gestation of Thanatus