[Erwin suspected this was coming. All it took was hearing about the kids snubbing Levi at the ball last night, and the pointed way they avoided him, for him to put two and two together. Teenaged dramatics are exhausting, but he knows this is something that needs to be dealt with, and quickly. So he's shooed Levi and Hange out for the day, and has been waiting quietly for what he knows is coming.]
[He's also done some subtle preparations of his own. When he answers the door, he's dressed all in white, the way they would remember him from their early days in the Survey Corps. He's also chosen to roll up the sleeves on his shirt, putting his metal, robotic right arm and hand on display. The straps keeping the arm on show through his white shirt, looking eerily reminiscent of the ODM gear straps.]
[He doesn't speak immediately; no one is getting the typical warm welcome Erwin usually delivers today. Instead, he looks from Mikasa to Jean and then back again. When he speaks, his voice is solemn and distant. It's not quite the Commander Voice--not yet--but the potential for it is definitely there.]
I certainly hope you two never play cards for money.
[Not a poker face among them. He holds open the door with his left arm and gestures them inside with the metal hand.]
no subject
[He's also done some subtle preparations of his own. When he answers the door, he's dressed all in white, the way they would remember him from their early days in the Survey Corps. He's also chosen to roll up the sleeves on his shirt, putting his metal, robotic right arm and hand on display. The straps keeping the arm on show through his white shirt, looking eerily reminiscent of the ODM gear straps.]
[He doesn't speak immediately; no one is getting the typical warm welcome Erwin usually delivers today. Instead, he looks from Mikasa to Jean and then back again. When he speaks, his voice is solemn and distant. It's not quite the Commander Voice--not yet--but the potential for it is definitely there.]
I certainly hope you two never play cards for money.
[Not a poker face among them. He holds open the door with his left arm and gestures them inside with the metal hand.]
Come in. We have things to discuss.