The biggest commotion and gossip in the village today wasn't about the discovery of a massive Orc camp or the rapidly shrinking safety zone of the forest.
No, the elves were obsessed with the sight of a naked half-elf's body. It gave Eren a pretty big clue about just ne how seriously these people took things.
Aside from Emily and maybe twenty other serious elves who actually paid attention to reality, the rest were just too relaxed. It was like they had some strange, unshakable faith that the village would be saved no matter what happened.
Eren walked toward his house, the metal weapons he was dragging carving deep grooves into the dirt path. He tried to maintain a straight face while ignoring the elven women who were visibly gulping as he passed. Some of the men were outright laughing, pointing at his shredded clothes - or what was left of them.
