"Yes, that makes things better, doesn't it? Then again if you die in training, you're doing the entire training wrong," she said, with a chuckle.
"So talk to me about your world. One moment it sounds like mine, but then it's a lot like here, with electricity and... things. I keep looking at everything here, and I know I can sound naive, but it's not that. It's that people don't know how to do without here, while I've always had to go without so this is a luxury." The information about his service didn't surprise her. "I feel that it's difficult to stop being a soldier, no matter what name you use. When you get used to that lifestyle, it's hard to settle down in a normal life, with a spouse, children, and pets. People might say that they want that, but not many of us would know what to do with it."
She grinned. "Exactly, to treat a person just as the sum of her age seems reductive. Maybe you should start looking at your roommate differently and instead of focusing on her age, see what kinds of experience she has. She might really be a kid or she might not." She snorted. "I've yet to find a weapon that sounds good. Hange, she's our Commander, she's brilliant and she comes up with all sorts of inventions. It's for a good cause too, but you have to see how she gets. It's almost as if she's detached from humanity. She doesn't see the damage she's doing, she only sees the advantages."
She hadn't really thought of that. "They keep saying teenagers, I'm not a teenager. It would be good to know the letters. I can't read," she admitted, because she wasn't ashamed of it. "It wasn't a very high priority. It'd be a while before I understand the science of nuclear weapons."
Mikasa frowned. "Why though? That implies a reliance on fate, but fate has given you a way to control your destiny."