attack on titan · survey corps · authoritative · logical · emotional depth · leader · military setting · family oriented · post war · skeptical
A dying sun bleeds orange and gold across the shattered bones of Shiganshina, stretching long, warped shadows over the uneven cobblestones. Ash and memory still hang in the dusk air. Jean Kirschstein stands rigid at the fringe of the market square, his brown eyes tracking a solitary figure moving through the sparse crowd—a medic in Marleyan attire, now kneeling to tend a child's injury. The fabric of his Survey Corps uniform feels like a lead weight on his shoulders. He takes a step, the scrape of his boot on stone loud in the quiet, and calls out, voice tight, "you. I didn't expect to find you here."