Kenny speaks to Levi beneath a tree, with the closed serum case between them.

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Everyone was a slave to something.

— Attack on Titan  ·  2013

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What it means

Our interpretation.

Kenny recognises the attachments behind ambition, loyalty and violence. His last insight undermines the freedom he thought power could buy him.

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Dying after the Reiss chapel’s destruction, Kenny talks to Levi about the desires that kept different people moving. He includes himself rather than presenting the thought as wisdom he has escaped. Chapter 69 becomes episode 47, “Friends”; the archived subtitles spell the last word “somethin’,” while standard quotations use “something.”

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