Attady

- After Ksaver’s death Zeke ends up taking his glasses as a momentum, but I think he also took those glasses as a way to really “seal” his promise.

- Those glasses obviously meant a lot to him because they were previously from the man whom he thought of as his surrogate father.

- He appreciated him, he found comfort in him and grew to understand him better as he got older. Ksaver’s glasses probably brought him some kind of comfort, he had never really gotten anything of that kind of significance from Grisha, nothing to really remember him by other than trauma - so that adds to its importance.

- Taking those glasses from him had to have been saddening. He had lost his father in more ways than one.

Zeke cares, but not on the same level that he cares about Eren because Zeke has this perception of Eren being his “manipulated, indoctrinated little brother” (and wasn’t able to see that until it was too late).

Zeke is desperate for love (familial), he wants someone to understand his pain (to an extent) + he keeps himself at arms length with everyone. It could be because of trust issues, issues with him not feeling understood, fear of rejection or he just has problems making connections and it could be all of the above.

- If Zeke didn’t care he wouldn’t have played catch with Colt.

- He wouldn’t have hesitated when Colt begged him to wait to scream.

- He wouldn’t have cared about Ksaver and their “dream”.

- He wouldn’t have cried when Grisha hugged and said he loved him.