[She's quick to shake her head, reassuring Falin - she doesn't have to feel bad for asking. Of course, with how unforthcoming Frieda has been about her family's status and the nature of the pure titans, her friend doesn't know half of it - but if she did, the parallels would only seem all the more stark.]

It's alright. It... hasn't been easy, but... someone responsible needs to hold these powers. I don't mean to flatter myself, but if I hadn't taken them from my uncle, they'd have chosen a random person - at least, that's the warning that's been passed down the generations.

[How, she couldn't say - if the current holder's spine has to be devoured by their successor, how could the titan powers find their way to a random Eldian baby? But it's a risk the Reiss family couldn't take.]