We don't have to talk about it. But not talking about it doesn't mean it's going away. A distraction is just that.

But... I guess I came up here to avoid it, too.

[Armin says it reasonably enough. He understands, of course, the persistence of idiotic small talk, the drive to pretend everything is okay. The thing is, it's not that way for him, not if he has to talk about the titans. Because they're not something far away and theoretical to him.

Armin glances about for someplace to settle down with his gear.]

Maybe you'd like to tell me what kind of things you face in your world?