I've seen the worst the world has to offer.

I have seen my own parents murdered before my eyes.

I've witnessed the fall of Wall Maria.

I've seen friends and family eaten alive by titans.

I've stared death in the face time and time again.

Our world is a world full of darkness.

But there is also light.

I rode the Wings of Freedom with my comrades to the end of the war.

I helped ensure that their sacrifices weren't for nothing.

And now I fully understand what we were fighting for.

We were the hope of mankind, and every generation that would follow us.

I experienced a love so great it produced a miracle, something I never would have thought possible in my wildest dreams.

And for the first time in what seems like an eternity I allow myself to smile.

Now I can feel the hope that we fought for growing inside of me every day.