[ If it were up to Reiner, Gabi would be an ocean away from Levi at all times. He's not terribly enthused with the idea of Gabi and Hange hanging out, either. However, he won't dictate what his cousin can and cannot do—even if he's wary at best, suspicious that the Scouts intend to use Gabi against him. Not by poisoning her mind (although that may have happened already), but by using her as leverage.

Hange insists that they're all friends here. Reiner doesn't answer their question, the assumption that he's okay with it. Regardless of what Hange says, he knows that not everyone here is his friend. Levi would like to see him get what he deserves. Mikasa looked at him with hate in her eyes. Historia doesn't trust him. And Jean and Eren are … complicated, albeit in different ways.

Is Hange trying to distract him? Make him second-guess his plan, just as Armin did?

Reiner still appears faintly perplexed, but his voice is steady when he speaks. ]

You understand why I find that difficult to believe, right, Commander? Why I'm seeking something more formal than an assurance that 'we're all friends'?