Perhaps it had been unnecessary. Perhaps they both were trying to do their best navigating a world of too many unknowns and too many rules. None of that matters here, now. They've been given a new chance at life, without the worries of the previous one.

"Huh," Levi says as he pictures it, except he's not thinking of the unknown seasonal location but back home, red and orange hues drowning the city, rustling under his boots and sinking into the cemetery soil. Absent-mindedly, he's drawing a little circle into Erwin's hand with his thumb. He's still there, still present. "I guess that fits."

"Like you said, it's autumn. It's connected to the earth element."