"Oh."

That seems to click with Armin. Keeping the masses subdued and content? That was the function of his entire society, as livestock kept inside a pen, not even allowed to think of what may lie outside the walls.

"That makes a lot of sense, from the perspective of my world. Times are troubled now, and people cling to the familiar, but even when I was a child... I was called a young heretic for daring to dream what might be out there."