"I see. Still if you see people eating humans, it might sound vague to you, but it's probably very literal," she said, not wanting to mention that they did have a Titan among them now. "I hope you never see that. I still haven't gotten used to it and I've seen it happen since I was a child." She didn't react, didn't lose her mind, but she will never not feel when it happened.
"I never went to school. Eren's mother taught me to read some, but then she died and we joined the Scouts. I was thirteen when I started training," she said. "We don't have a lot of technology, because we don't have electricity. Most of the inventions are tied to military advancement."
Mikasa watched and she did want to learn, but it looked like women here put a lot of effort into their appearance. She couldn't imagine anyone she knew doing the same. "How many things do you put on your face?" she asked, curious, although she should have known considering how much makeup the hotel gave her. Still she followed Lydia's direction and put the primer on, finding that this was much easier.