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[After some time has passed Levi's voice filters across the network, accompanied by the only visual he can provide at this point: a top-down view of his now only partially tattooed hand.

He'll keep this brief:]

Looks like my little stowaway from the Grid can clean this shit up too. It takes a minute, but it's painless-- [a pause as the aforementioned stowaway floats toward Levi's face for its close-up, glowing a faint white and puffed proudly in all its pokey glory until he shoos it off to the side with a huff] Knock it off-- ...The Bit doesn't care what they say, and neither do I.

I'm not hard to find-- [Here he gives the general location of the building he's created, which by now is a bit better suited for company- there will be a pot of ~~non-nourishing~~ tea waiting on an end table for anyone stopping by for Bit-laser tattoo removal.

And the public portion almost ends there, but before Levi changes his psychic filter:]

...Tell me where you are if you can't make it out here. I'll find you, I guess.

[The rest is private, directed to Erwin in particular and as neutral as Levi can manage given the circumstances:]

You too.

[[ooc: Handwave, chat, go to him, have him come to you... Anything is good by me, including newbies asking for info if they haven't gotten the welcome speech yet. Dat vet thing. He can probably do that now.]]

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For me as well-- [Whether she's asking seriously or giving him a hard time is irrelevant- her question strikes a nerve all the same. His response is a little bitter:] ...And of course it does. Why wouldn't it?

[Considering what'd almost happened on the Grid, what would have been a sure thing if not for the other Erwin's presence and refusal to let him succumb to his injuries...

Yeah. Levi's status as 'normal man' isn't in question here like it might have been back home. Other skills aside, here he's just like every other shithead getting his mind fucked six ways to Sunday at the Trumps' whims.]

[Or she could have started with how much he remembers from home, but this is more important to her.]

Because it either means that we don't have the same last name [ SURPRISE?! ] or that it works on me too.

[ Or both?? If it works on everyone, then certain people back home would surely like to know how to get any kind of memory manipulation stuff work on people with that last name or people from the same line as Mikasa's mother. Either way, she certainly doesn't want it to work on her but there's nothing she can do about it. ]

Oh, right. What's the last thing you remember from home... Guess I was supposed to ask that first.

[What she's supposed to ask first? That's his line... But something else catches him off guard even more:]

Last name? [F R O W N. What the fuck... Ugh, he'd better answer this brat's question first or he won't get anywhere with this-] The last thing I remember from home is being chased by Kenny's people in Stohess, I was making my way back to you and the others and got a little held up... But what do you mean "same last name"...?

[He's never known his last name, his mother...

She never mentioned it. He isn't surprised- she probably didn't know herself, not with the sorts of people her clients were...

Ngh... TREAD LIGHTLY MIKASA, HEICHOU IS GENUINELY UNCOMFORTABLE........ What does she know that he doesn't...?]

[ ... Oh okay, he has no idea what she's talking about. This is going to be ... great. ]

That was a while ago for me. [and a lot of things happened in that place after he got back to them.] It's -- nothing I can confirm for sure, except that Kenny is an Ackerman too. Then you wanted to know if I ever experienced a power awakening within me, which i have.

[ she obviously doesn't need to tell him that he's had a similar experience too but apparently that experience means ...something.

...WHAT IS TREATING LIGHTLY?! Oh right, she had a reason for that question earlier.]

But Eren and Historia heard from Kenny, that brainwashing or whatever you want to call some memory wiping shit, doesn't work on Ackermans or Asians.

[ Don't worry, it won't get any more cheerful from here. ]

['An Ackerman too'... Well, considering Mikasa is the only other Ackerman he knows...

He grimaces. Tough break, having that in your family line. Ahyuck.]

He's related to you? And passed down some sort of skill that you were hoping would work in your favor here... [He tilts his head and narrows his eyes, clearly not understanding the connection here:]

What's that got to do with my inability to resist...? I can't answer that for you, whether it's worthless here or not.

[Yeah, he's mad. Used to it by now... But still mad. Forever salty about Infiltrating even if it has had some advantages... Especially where relationships are concerned.]

[Of course he can't answer that, when he's from her past. Thanks for being totally useless again, Levi. ~~OH MY FUCKING GOD, MIKASA, DON'T CALL HIM USELESS as if timeline confusions are his fault.~~]

Apparently he is... Not that I've ever heard of him before he decided to show up. [unlike you??] He didn't pass down anything to me, it's not like he's a really close relative of mine. [or if he is, canon hasn't told that for sure too even if they all must be ~~closely~~ related, geez] He just told some story about the First King finding it out, when he was trying to do that to everyone in some plan to change everything.

[Mikasa shrugs. It's new information for her too and she kind of started talking about this before she really asked about Levi's timeline, okay? ...So, guess what happens to those, who are in a way of someone's plan to change something so big? They get wiped out. Makes her wonder how people, who know about this feel seeing Mikasa going to the 1st place of her class if Asians and Ackermans are supposed to be killed...]

That's called more things, that I can't confirm for sure.

[So she might just skip it?? Because that's so polite, like start talking about something and then be like he should just forget it -- as ironic as that is right now. So very not looking forward to seeing if it works on her too.

... You know, just going to jump on things she can confirm for sure since timeline shit and other things are confusing.]

Anyway. We got Eren and Historia out of where they were. [you know, in case you've been worried about them. We means Levi is alive too, obviously.]

[Levi's heard a little about the memory thing before from Erwin- twice now, since Erwin hadn't remembered telling him the first time- but even after experiencing that very thing himself more than he cares to acknowledge... It's still hard to believe, still frustrating to know that that's what they're up against at home. On top of the titans, on top of being framed by the government, the memories that are so crucial to their fight being in jeopardy...

It's just a further reminder of how precarious their situation is, and how helpless he is to see that he's around there to fight it.]

I know about Eren and Historia. [And he's glad they're safe- of course he was worried, does she think he wasn't? He isn't made of stone...

But it doesn't matter- you're not getting out of this that easily, Mikasa:] What don't you know for sure? Tell me.

[It's... Sort of an order, but if she's listening closely enough she might be able to pick up on the fact that the reason behind it is a little more than a professional issue. For all that he's established so firmly back home, Levi knows next to nothing about himself or his origins save for the obvious.]

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