To Honesty and Comeuppance

Himmel and Levi grapple with the last chapter's turn of events, and when Eren returns from the experiments unwell and not healing, Himmel makes a peculiar decision.

Himmel and Levi make up. 🔥 Something unexpected happens during Hange's experiments with Eren.

Himmel reveals her secret to the Special Operations Team. Historia speaks about her childhood.

Levi and Himmel reunite, and Himmel wonders whether love is enough to keep two people together.

Himmel and the 104th reach the safehouse, which is in bad need of cleaning. She speaks with Eren and Mikasa, who have some things to get off their chests.

Levi finds himself in a peculiar situation, and Himmel drags him back to reality.

Levi remembers the time a friend went missing, and what he did to try to find her.

Himmel makes a desperate decision with serious repercussions, souring her relationship with Levi and endangering herself. The new Special Operations Team is created and embarks towards one of her many safehouses.

Himmel reveals to Erwin and Levi that the Interior MPs are interfering with her business in the Undercity. When she goes to fetch Historia from her holding cell, she is met with MPs. Was there a miscommunication, or is something more sinister going on?

"A word, once sent, flies irrevocably."

Himmel begins making amends with the 104th. She also receives bad news from the Undercity.

Himmel and Levi make up 🔥

Also, she is sentenced for her actions on the wall and with Reiner and Bertolt.

Himmel reckons with the consequences of her actions on the field, and tries to make amends with Levi.

Himmel is reunited with Levi on the battlefield. Eren's decision to punch a Titan is fateful, and results in a difficult farewell.

Himmel tries to come up with a plan that will keep everyone safe. Spoiler: All of her plans are bad.

Himmel escapes humanity with Reiner, Bertolt, Ymir, and Eren. In the forest, she finally learns a secret about her identity, and about Ymir.

Levi recounts one of the final jobs he did in the Undercity with Himmel, and why it was one of the last.

Atop Wall Rose, Reiner admits that he is the Armored, and Bertolt is the Colossal. When he promises Himmel answers about her true identity and her powers if she helps them escape to their hometown, what will Himmel decide?

Himmel spills her secret to Erwin, and news that there are Titans attacking Fort Utgard comes to light.

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Himmel and Levi return to the barracks, and Himmel comes to terms with her failure to catch Annie today, as well as the burden she had put on Levi's shoulders by revealing her secret. 

*Final chapter of Season 1 Material.

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When Eren fails to transform and fight Annie's Female Titan in Stohess, Himmel takes drastic measures to buy them time. Not only does she not expect to die; she also doesn't expect what happens after she dies.

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The plan to capture Annie begins. Himmel smuggles Eren, Armin, and Mikasa through the Undercity and into Mitras, where they find Annie. Where do her loyalties lie? Spoiler: the plan doesn't go well.

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Erwin hatches a plan to catch the Female Titan. Himmel is to leave with Eren, Mikasa, and Armin at sunrise. Before that, though, Levi and Himmel work up the courage to do what they've never allowed themselves to do before.

...You better wear headphones for this.

Original text on Ao3. 

Levi, Eren, and Himmel return to the Special Operations Base. Levi and Eren both have some emotional unpacking to do, Himmel experiences something for the first time in her life, and Levi regales Eren with a tale from his and Himmel's childhood.

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The attempt to capture the Female Titan doesn't go as expected, and hard decisions are made. 

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Plans are made to capture the Female in the Titan Forest. Realizing that she is in more danger than ever before, the night before the mission, Himmel reveals her secret to Levi after hiding it for their entire lives. Levi's reaction isn't what she thought it would be.

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Hange arrives to perform tests on Eren. The team is alarmed not only by Eren's partial transformation while picking up a spoon, but also by how Himmel handles the situation. As their world grows more unsettling, Levi makes a discovery about Himmel's secrets. 

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Himmel settles in with the Special Operations Team, and after managing to con Levi into showing the team some of the street acts they did for money as kids, they wind up in his bedroom, where Levi issues Himmel a warning.

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Himmel is officially a member of Team Levi, entrusted with the task of guarding Eren. Levi wastes no time in making it clear to Himmel who's in charge, and that he is intent on finding out her secrets. 

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Himmel and Levi are finally reunited, but he isn't as happy to see her as she would have hoped.

Jean accompanies Himmel down to Undercity Trost to help with the cleanup, and learns about the unforgiving world under his feet.

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The Colossal shatters through Trost while Himmel and the rest of the 104th are on duty there. Himmel charges to the hole in Wall Trost in an attempt to stem the flow of Titans, and when she reaches the point of collapse, does something... counterintuitive. 

Will Levi and the Survey Corps arrive to find her among the dead?

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Himmel continues doing supply runs all winter, and the closer to spring they get, the more active the Titans are. After losing men on multiple missions in late winter, she faces her most harrowing encounter yet. Will Levi's letters alone bring her courage enough to survive?

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After the success of her first mission, Himmel is sent on one supply run after another. For some reason, she keeps writing letters to Levi. And for some reason, he keeps replying.