Levi lay beside Mira, looking up at the sky. He could hear her heavy breathing. He turned to look at her. She was fast asleep laying on her side, using her one arm as a pillow for her head.

"This is a rare sight," Hange said looking down at Levi. He sat up glaring at Hange.

"What?" he said quietly.

"So who is she? Other than the lengendary captain of the Survey Corps part,"

"I don't know what you mean," he said standing up, then sitting at the edge of Wall Maria overlooking Shinganshina.

"I think you do," Hange said plopping herself beside Levi.

Levi didn't respond.

"You know, Erwin used to have this huge crush on her. Mike told me about it. But Mira refused him. I think I'm starting to understand why,"

"...Erwin? Are you being serious?"

Hange smiled looking at Mira. "Yeah. She's definitely your type though,"

Levi could feel his cheeks getting hot. "It's not like that,"

Hange raised an eyebrow. "Really?" she asked unconvinced.

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Levi woke up to find Mira gone from her mat.

"Mira!" he yelled. He turned around.

Mira was sitting down talking to Hange. She waved at Levi. Levi rubbed the back of his head as he headed over to them. To his surprise, Mira ran to him and nearly knocked him over as she hugged him. Levi held her tight. Mira cried and laughed.

"I missed you too," he said grinning.

Mira separated wiping the tears from her eyes. "You have no idea how long I've wanted to do that,"

Levi looked down. "I think I do," he said holding her hand.

"Not like that," Hange said, quoting Levi. Levi glared back at her. "Mira is going to uncover her past. With everyone,"

Mira nodded. "I'm won't hide anything. Not anymore," she said looking at Levi.

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Mira's eyes shimmered. So many scars... she thought. So many scars left out in the open for the world to see... and Levi... Mira breathed heavily. I have to do this. I can't keep hiding.

Mira took a deep breath. She looked at Levi, then at Hange, and at Doctor Jaeger's son, Eren.

"I was born in Marley, but when I was just a small child my parents were taken away. I didn't know at the time, but my parents were part of the Eldian Restorationists. The symbol for the Restorationists were a small x. The Marleyans marked me, with a large x, so I would be filled with shame about what my parents had done. They were both Marleyan. And because I was Marleyan, instead of using me like Zeke, I became a lab specimen... every day was hell, every night was hell. They made me into a monster..."

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Mira screamed. She couldn't stop. Everything was pain. Life was pain.

"Is it the monster?" a guard said.

"Yeah. She's mad. Worse today than yesterday,"

"They injected me with their titan serum... every night, and every morning. Day after day they would tear me apart... and put me back together again during the night. Then... once they realized I was powerful... they celebrated. They called me the new Ackerman. They even gave me a name... Titan slayer. But they soon found out I was defective. After about the first fifty tests, it was discovered that I would lose my mind, like a titan, every time I was given the titan serum. So... they decided to use me as a weapon instead,"

Mira took a deep breath.

"All I remember is... coming back from a battle one night... My hands would be stained with blood,"

Mira looked down at her own hand which was shaking more than it ever had before.

"I wouldn't remember anything but... all I could think about was all the lives I had taken that day,"

"...Mira..." Levi said.

"No. I murdered...so many people..." she said putting a hand on her head. "There were times I lost my mind for weeks...sometimes for months. It wasn't until I met Yelena that things changed,"

Mira closed her eyes.

She found me...after I had killed her parents. She was just a small child, younger than I was at the time.

"Sister?" Yelena asked. She walked towards Mira with no fear.

Mira growled and screamed at her. She tore at her own flesh.

"It's okay sister... I understand..." Yelena said holding Mira's hands.

Mira began to weep. She couldn't stop.

"Yelena was the only person who could bring me back... the only one who could help me regain my sanity,"

Tears fell down Mira's face.

"But in the end, I subjected her into the same fate I had. She had to go through the same hell. I plotted to escape with her... but the Marleyans decided to kill me first. They sent me to Paradis, along with the recent Eldian recruits, the titan shifters. I was used as practice for these titan shifters. One of them being Zeke Jaeger. Unfortunately for them, I ended up killing one of those shifters, then escaping inland to Paradis. But... I couldn't take Yelena with me. And I regretted it for the rest of my life,"

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Levi watched as Mira suffered. She was reopening wounds that for her sake should've stayed closed.

" I learned as much as I could about Paradis, in the process finding out about Kenny, and the true king, Reiss. A certain, curiosity, brought me to the underground. The Ackerman clan, the first origin titan slayers..." Mira said looking down. "And that's where I met Levi..."

Levi kept his eyes on Mira.

"I wanted to see how powerful the Ackerman's were.. so I took advantage of our situation,"

The Viper Gang... Levi thought. "You mean... you didn't fight back?"

"I'm sorry... I knew that Eldia would need your power... but I didn't want to cause you any pain,"

Levi shook his head. "I understand,"

Mira looked at him with thankfulness in her eyes. "I helped your father years later. I figured out it was his son, Zeke, who betrayed the rest of the Eldian Restorationists. I even helped Doctor Jaeger find and take the founding titan by telling him who was the true king behind the walls," she said to Eren.

"Why spare Zeke's life?" Levi asked.

"...Zeke knows too much. If you had killed him right there and then, all his plans and scheming would be gone. If someone had inherited his powers however..."

"...they'd inherit his memories as well,"

"Yes. We need to know the secrets Zeke hides,"

Mira sighed. "In the years after I had 'died'... I travelled to the Transmutation Wall... a place where they turned Eldians into Titans. Thankfully I had hidden a plane outside the walls, so I wouldn't have to walk there on one leg," Mira said pointing at her meta leg. "I started a rebellion there, and I worked with Eldians against the Marleyan forces. I wore this symbol of shame, the x scar on my back as a symbol of freedom. I also built myself an automail leg using Marleyan technology. Unfortunately, when the five titan shifters came to Paradis, they completely destroyed our forces. I only managed to kill one. I was the only one left. That was when I decided I would learn everything I could about titans so the next time I would be fully equipped to kill them. I created a new ODM gear, combining Eldian and Marleyan technology. The Eldian Restorationists rebuilt themselves, and we soon had an army,"

Mira swallowed. "It wasn't until just four days ago... that I realized I was still as weak as ever. The beast and carrier titan attacked from the sea... and the colossal and armored titan attacked from inland. Our forces were overwhelmed, and we couldn't stop the impending attack coming straight for the Survey Corps. We did manage to kill about half of their titans, but we were no match for Zeke Jaeger,"

"Half?" Hange asked her voice shaking. "If...Without the sacrifices of your soldiers... I don't think the Survey Corps would have even prevailed in this battle,"

"Good. That's what they would've wanted to hear," Mira said. "Their sacrifice was necessary in order for Paradis to maintain it's freedom,"

Everyone sat in silence for the next couple moments thinking about what they had just heard.

Mira's one hand shook violently, her eyes closed. Levi reached his hand out and held hers.