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Old 2019-10-24, 00:15   Link #8
Guido
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Monterrey, México
Age: 43
The Town Where Everything Began

How do you face fear?
And intangible but real chill that runs down your spine like a sharp blade?

To fear death is part within our nature, and only by embracing such fear and coming to terms with the certainty, not possibility, that you, I, and everybody else is going to die sooner or later, then we can muster courage from the abyss within our selves to finally let it go the moment we take the first step.

For both Eren and Armin, the fear was insurmountable not because of the odds they were about to face but pondering at the higher stakes at play and feeling completely helpless at the minuscule thought of making a little blunder which could cost everything for Humanity's survival at the long term.

Fear clouds our judgement when letting it the chance to get the better of ourselves, but it also reminds us at getting in touch with our limitations as human beings in order to accomplish feats, that at first we underestimate ourselves at being capable of, by pulling our knowledge, our strength, and our own persona together.

And, ladies and gentlemen, that was what Armin was able to pull out through his fear. It was through his fear that Armin sought with desperation into the deepest bowels of his mind, until he recollected the light of his knowledge and experiences with the titans and titan shifters, however small it might had been.
Armin was able to break through the boundaries of common sense through fear in order to think outside his own cage and, therefore, anticipating Reiner hiding inside the wall before letting him the chance at dealing the first move with a surprise attack.

The first move was won over by the Scout Regiment thanks to Armin and as such forced the Beast Titan at revealing his hand to literally cage the Scouts within the walls of Shinganshina as a reply that their side is ready for the challenge with all odds of success at the Titans disposal. Nevertheless, save for death everything else is uncertain in life, and we all can bet that the Scout Regiment all of them are staking their lives for this decisive moment.
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