( She doesn't blame him. There's nothing in the way her expression shifts that reflects that -- even when it seems to drop, frowning heavily. Talking about their world was always something that felt troubling. There was so much darkness there -- far more than anything they've seen here.

But, that was all the more reason that Historia... )

... I need to go back. ( She responds quietly. ) I... understand why others want to stay. But... I made a promise. I can't just abandon those living in the walls.

( Levi has others who are counting on him here, and those who he'll never see again at home. Historia would never fault him for wanting to stay. If Ymir were here, than she herself...

She doesn't even want to entertain that possibility. She knows that it may not ever happen. )