Izan tried to seem professional "good day to you, May I hear your ideas and propositions", they looked around the table and a man wearing a uniform with a two flowers symbol on it said "I am Commander Pixis, I am one of the leaders of The Garrison we are willing to guarantee that you have a safe place within the wall If you chose to sign with us, you will not have to be on duty all the time, like other soldiers and will only be needed for guarding the district you are assigned to", Izan thought about the offer and responded "I've taken consideration to your offer but I have no interest in the safety of the walls other than the people in them". Izan looked to the men and women around the table and said "those of you here to keep me within the walls, I will not accept the offer, my decision had been made… I wish to sign to the Survey Corps, I feel that my specific skills could be more of use outside the walls", the men and women of the other groups stood up from the table and left the room.
After the other group leaders left the room, there were few left most of them Izan didn't know. But he did recognize the faces of Hanji, Levi and Erwin, Erwin placed a paper on the table and spoke "sign it then, if that's what you want" Izan noticed one word on the paper : salute… he reacted immediately and said "I will on the condition that I don't have to salute". Levi spoke out angrily "you cannot be a soldier, without having to salute… it shows your undying devotion to the cause", Izan responded "salute… and no Izan, no salute equals signature". Izan and Levi continued to argue back and forth. Eventually Erwin answered after deep thought "Both of you enough… you are both acting like children fighting over the last piece of dessert. I shouldn't have to put up with this from either of you… especially someone with rank like you, Levi", Erwin looked to Izan before answering "the salute is as Levi said… but however your skills are indispensable to our cause. So I will modify the document". Izan was surprised that it worked and waited for the saluting part of the document to be erased for him. After it was, Izan signed it immediately, Izan then asked "am I dismissed now", Erwin responded "Yes you are free to leave".
Izan walked out and marched up the three floors to the room he was staying in and walked in, he saw that there was a lamp lit beside Mikasa's bed but she was asleep. Izan took his armor off and placed it beside his bed before he walked on the left side of Mikasa's bed and looked at her before he blew out the candle. He tried to walk over to his bed but someone grabbed his wrist. Izan looked over his shoulder and saw a half awake Mikasa with her arm outstretched and her hand around his wrist. Izan didn't know what to say, he wanted to shake free, but something inside him was telling him to stay still and wait. He didn't know what he was going to do next, until he sat on the bed beside her, Mikasa let go of his wrist and wrapped her arms around Izan. Izan thought to himself "oh crap … what's next", Izan worried until she let go.
He wanted to stand up and go to his bed, but this time his body wouldn't move. Izan felt a chill and then realized Mikasa took his shirt off, He followed the feeling of her arm to get it back. He found her hand and took his shirt back, and when stood up he tried to put his shirt back on. As he did this, he stood in the moonlight from the window and all his scars became visible. Now that Mikasa was wide awake, she asked almost silently "Izan, is that why you didn't want to take your shirt when I asked you to" Mikasa touched his bare chest and felt all the scars.
Izan felt her soft skin and it was warm to the touch, Izan responded in a whisper "yes that's why; I thought you would be disgusted if you saw that I had so many scars. I'm disgusted with myself so I don't see why others wouldn't be". She took her hand away and let him put his shirt back on before saying "I won't keep you awake any longer" Izan yawned and couldn't hold back the truth any longer "just to let you know, I knew you laid down with me earlier, I wasn't asleep" Mikasa blushed and looked away. Izan walked over to his bed laid on top of it and silently said "goodnight, Mikasa".
When sunlight hit the windows it landed directly on Izan's face, but he wouldn't even turn over. Eren and Mikasa awoke about half an hour before, and Izan still hadn't moved. Eren became tired of waiting and said "you know what… I'm not going to wait anymore he can wake up when he does and put up with the consequences". Eren stormed out and left Mikasa with Izan's sleeping body. Mikasa sat on the left side of Izan's bed, she took Izan's left hand and he rolled of the right side of the bed. Izan hit the floor hard and he hit face first into the floor. Izan shook and squirmed, until he saw who was sitting on the bed. Izan turned on his back and stood up. He looked down, Izan saw that he had no shirt on and thought to himself "when did I take my shirt off". Izan saw his shirt beside his armor, along with his boots and gear. Izan took his boots put them on and there was something coiled up. beside them it was a wire, and it was attached to one of his two gloves. Izan put on the rest of his gear and Mikasa saw six small air canisters above his boots, wrapped around each of his legs and they were attached to a wire which led to his left glove.
Mikasa saw Izan strap on the rest of the wires and asked Izan "what is that device". Izan pointed to his boots and then followed the wire to his glove and said "this… this is the prototype Spring-Operated Jump Boots or S.O.J.B for short. They were my father's first invention; he made a total of six of them", Mikasa asked "so are thy like the three-dimensional maneuver gear". Izan answered her question as best he could "they both serve the same purpose, only difference is mine has more propulsion power but needs more caution. You are less likely to hit the target if you have no practice with the S.O.J.B. It took me a month to perfect the use of weight to direct myself, and several more to perfect my landing technique" Izan paused and Mikasa asked another question "how do they work" Izan began to explain further "the springs are triggered by pressure plates in my soles, they can launch me fourteen meters in the vertically in the air. The compressed air canisters fire by a pressure plate on the palm of my left glove. Half a compressed air canister fires every time I squeeze my hand together. But I can only use it when I'm in the air" Mikasa nodded before she left Izan in the room by himself. Izan prepared took his armor and put it back on. Izan took his sword out of in under the bed and hooked to the back plate of his armor and walked out of the room. Izan climbed down the stairs and walked out the building.
Izan saw that Commander Erwin was talking to Levi, Levi glanced at Izan and then looked back to continue their conversation. Izan looked for familiar faces and saw that Mikasa was talking with a woman who had long blonde hair; Izan approached them and stood behind Mikasa with a strict expression and his arms crossed. Mikasa didn't notice that Izan was behind her and continued to talk to her friend; her friend on the other hand was trying not to laugh, though she did giggle a bit. Mikasa became worried and asked "what are you laughing about", the blonde woman giggled a bit before she joked "Mikasa… who's that handsome man standing behind you". Mikasa turned around and saw Izan's wide eyes and smirking face, Izan spoke "hello there" Mikasa spoke in an annoyed tone "Izan… how long were you standing there" Izan returned his expression and said "about thirty seconds" the woman teased Mikasa "that's Izan… wow, you are right he is good-looking". Mikasa blushed and didn't know what to say. If she said no she'd be denying the truth if she said yes he would know of her attraction to him.