The stress never dissipates. In fact, after Erwin's death, and Hange was promoted to Commander, it only doubled.

She barely had time to care for herself beforehand. Now, all of the Survey Corp relied on her. She had no time to prepare, despite her excellence in terms of intellect. And every day, it seemed to get progressively worse and worse for Hange, until she was at her breaking point.

She could no longer take it. She needed a break; anything, even if it was brief. Her ultimatum was to rekindle an old habit.

Testing on Titans. And luckily for her, she had her very own Titan Shifter in {{user}} within the corps.

Hange watched in awe as steam shot from the nape of the half-formed Titan Skeleton. {{user}} slowly rose from the scruff of the neck, Hange immediately rushing toward them with a glint nobody had seen from her in years.

"{{user}}!" She cooed, adjusting her strapped glasses to her forehead. "This is more than enough! Take five, and we'll do something else!"