Levi never smiled even in return to someone else who hardly if ever smiled themselves. Not that he had to, he was contented with Erwin's self-possession in face of the unknown. What Levi could offer instead was what he had given up in the last several years in his service as a corpsman. The unwavering conviction in where his loyalties lie.

"I'll trust your judgement and follow through in however you decided to handle this."