This must be one of our Dad's memories.
He looked every bit as innocent as you did.
Happy, too.
The man pushed his friends and family straight into hell,
yet there's no trace of guilt on his face.
Why are you showing me this?
So you'll understand who he was.
He sacrificed his children on the altar of nationalism
and brainwashed us both in the name of Eldia.
Just wait. Soon, you'll see.
Guess you pulled it off, Grisha.
You built a new life somewhere so far from your old one
that you could leave your mistakes behind.
No one blames you here.
Not for what you did to your first family.
Nor for the way you forgot us.
Let's go.
Next.
Look at this, Eren.
That's the real Grisha Jaeger.
He used his job as a doctor to get close
to powerful people within the walls.
That was how he hunted down the King.
He was after the Founder the whole time.
He knew that if he ever got caught,
his wife and son would pay the price with him.
But he kept doing it anyway.
And do you know why?
'Cause he'd gladly drag his family through shit for Eldia.
He was a shitty human being
who did a shitty job as a father.
I understand now.
You've undone his brainwashing.
I should've just not been born.
Thanks for showing me the light.
We have all the time in the world.
No need to rush.
Here already?
Can't believe he found it in so little time.
You know this place?
The King of the walls hid out here.
That doesn't make sense.
Grisha stole the Founder when the walls fell.
And that won't happen for a number of years.
Why did he wait so long?
I see.
He delayed his mission for the sake of his son.
He set aside his cause for his family.
Would've been nice if he could have done that for me.
Good for you, though.
I guess losing his first family taught him to care.
But even so, he passed you his banner
and set you marching down his path.
You'll never be the person you could've been.
You'll understand that in time.
I'm sorry.
Please, Zeke. Forgive me.
It's you.
Zeke?
Zeke, is that actually you?
Don't be stupid.
Even if Zeke could get here, he wouldn't be old and bearded.
You're dreaming.
What is this?
Next. We're finished here.
Right?
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At this point, you're nine years old.
Grisha truly cared for you. He let you grow up normally.
He never recruited you into the Eldian Restoration movement.
I said you were wasting your breath.
We've been wandering through years
of his memories for nothing.
But if that's true, then what could've
driven you to betray me?
He forced you to inherit the Attack Titan
without telling you a thing.
So what was it that made you decide to carry on his battle?
Eren. Why not bring an end to centuries of war?
And if peace wasn't your goal, why seek the Founder's power?
Because. Since the day I was born...
...this is who I've been.
When you learned you had a brother,
you thought he'd be the same as you,
but you were wrong.
If someone tries to steal my freedom from me,
I'll take theirs first, without a second thought.
Damn it. Do you understand...
It wasn't because of anything Dad did.
I came into this world ready for a fight.
Since the day you were born.
I'm not some pathetic little boy
in need of a big brother's guidance,
and if you were hoping we'd bond over
our shared emotional scars, you're out of luck.
Here's what you've shown me, Zeke.
You resent your dad because he cared more about
restoring Eldia than raising his son.
Opposing him is all you can think to do with your life.
You've shown me a pathetic man
still haunted by the ghost of his father.
That could be the case.
Perhaps this man should be grateful to his father.
It was his miserable upbringing that exposed him to the truth
of the ongoing threat that Eldia poses to the world.
In a way, that man's father is helping him
put an end to that threat.
Seems more than a little ironic, right, Eren?
It's warm.
Please understand, the power of the Founder
is completely under my control.
There's no way to stop me
from carrying out the euthanization plan.
That said,
I won't move on if it means abandoning you.
I'm going to do for you what Mister Ksaver did for me.
I will save you, Eren.
And then, I'll save the world.
His parting words?
"Mankind isn't gone," he says. Huh.
That's quite the revelation he left behind.
Hey, we're home.
Welcome back, kids.
Oh, my goodness.
Someone's working hard to keep us in fuel.
Whatever.
What was that for?
It looks like your earlobe's red.
Which means you've got something to hide.
Mikasa helped you again, now didn't she?
Hey. Where you off to, Dad?
- A patient? - Yes.
Some folks in the Interior.
I should be back in about a week or so.
So, um, Eren's thinking about joining the Scouts.
Way to keep a secret, mouth!
Get that ridiculous thought
out of your head this instant, young man!
No son of mine is going to be fodder!
Do I make myself absolutely clear?
Stop yelling at me!
Don't you dare...!
Outside.
It's a nightmare, you have no idea.
Yeah, I get it, okay?
But it's gotta be better than this life!
I'm not stupid.
I know it's ugly out there,
I know there's death around every corner. But...
We can't just give up on it.
'Cause otherwise this nightmare's never gonna end!
I see.
Excuse me. I'll be late for the ferry.
Darling, wait!
Scold the boy, for heaven's sake!
Scold him?
Dear, please, think this through.
Mere words won't hold back the boy's curiosity.
Eren.
Behave yourself and I'll let you in on
what I've been doing down in the cellar. Agreed?
Yes sir, you got it!
Have a good trip!
Please, listen!
I'm an Eldian who came from beyond the walls!
I am a subject of Ymir, just like all of you!
King of the walls! I beg you.
Kill the Titans attacking Wall Maria
before my wife and children,
and thousands of others, are all eaten alive!
The day of judgment has finally come,
and we, as Subjects of Ymir,
must now reap the wages of our sins.
When it comes to great and terrible power,
humankind is weak.
This was proven many times during the Great Titan War.
Such is the power of the Titans,
that in human hands, it inevitably brings ruin.
The power of the Founder,
if returned to the weak-willed custody of man,
would plunge the world, once more, into hell.
Eldia's sins are what wrought this terror,
so to save the world and put it to rest,
we Eldians must embrace death.
I'd say she about summed up my argument for me.
But it fell on deaf ears.
Grisha slaughtered her entire family.
You've seen this part.
You mentioned it when we first met.
I recall you saying that what he did was a mistake.
Was that a lie, too?
I live in the Shiganshina District
with my family.
Our house is by Wall Maria, near the breach.
My wife and children are directly in the Titans' path!
How are you willing to condemn everyone in the walls to death
for the crimes of their ancestors?
They don't even know about those crimes―
you stole their memories!
They'll die between those monsters' jaws,
ignorant and scared.
Can you honestly call that atonement?
No. Proper atonement is beyond our ability.
The lives stolen by the Eldian Empire can never be returned.
They are lost.
However. What we can do is refuse to take any more lives,
at least outside the walls.
If we can just live out our lives in ignorance
and then accept the world's rage when it comes,
then no one will have to die, except us Eldians.
There's nothing you can say to
dissuade me from this course.
What's more, even if you were to defeat me and
steal the Founding Titan, you wouldn't be―
I know.
I wouldn't be able to make use of the Founder's power.
Each of the Nine is unique,
distinguished by a certain trait.
Like the Attack Titan, whose power was passed to me.
For ages, we who've inherited the Attack Titan
have bucked the authority of any who sought to control us,
and I've finally come to understand why.
We're meant to oppose the self-righteousness of the King!
Yes. This must be the moment our memories
have been leading us toward for generations.
The power of the Attack Titan offers us
brief glimpses into the lives of those yet to inherit it.
Meaning it allows us to witness events in the future.
He can witness the future?
What does that mean? Eren?
The Attack Titan can see into the future?
How have I never heard―
I came here knowing that you would
be ignorant on that subject.
It's a consequence of the way you've been
shackled by the vow renouncing war.
You can't use the Founder's full power, either.
The future is already long since decided.
I'm going to eat the Founding Titan
and bring an end to the royal bloodline, right now!
Run!
I can't do it.
I'm a doctor. My job is to save lives.
I would never murder innocent children.
How could I?
No, this can't be.
Grisha did steal the power of the Founder.
He slaughtered the whole royal family!
So how?
It's in the past.
It can't just change.
What are you waiting for, Frieda?
You need to kill that man right now!
He's no match for the Founder!
Crush him before he can run!
Frieda! If you let that man leave here alive,
he'll ruin everything!
You have to, Frieda, you know that!
Don't let him destroy the paradise we've built!
Frieda! We need you to protect us!
Frieda!
Please!
On your feet, Dad. You're not done yet.
In case you've forgotten.
You have your own reasons for coming.
You had a little sister,
'til that man fed her to his dogs.
Think of your slaughtered comrades, of Kruger, of Dina.
Avenge them.
Keep moving forward.
Even if you die.
Even after you die.
After all, this whole ugly story started with you.
I killed them all!
Even the little kids!
With my own hands!
Eren! I slaughtered the whole Reiss family.
All but the father!
Is that enough for you?
Did you get what you wanted?
Will crushing those children in my hands
really bring Eldia back?
Why is there still so much you refuse to show me?
I never saw the fall of the walls.
What becomes of my home?
Is Carla going to make it?
Was there no other way forward?
Was this really the right choice?
You're here watching me now, right, Zeke?
From here on out,
nothing is going to go the way you'd hoped.
Eren will get everything he wants.
What do you mean? How could you know―
I've seen it. I've witnessed Eren's memories.
What humanity is about to endure
is far worse than I could imagine.
Zeke.
That's you, right, Zeke?
You've gotten so big!
I'm sorry.
I know I was never the father you deserved.
After all I put you through,
you have every right to despise me.
But even so, I will always love you.
If only... I'd let you be my son
instead of trying to make you a soldier!
Oh, Father.
Please, Zeke. You have to stop Eren.
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Opposing forces arise, and clash,
and the cycle carries on without pause.
But in the beginning, who was it that set this story in motion?
Next episode:
"From You, Two Thousand Years Ago."