[There was only a brief moment of surprise at the hug before he happily returned it.]

Now, now. There’s no need to fret over me like that. I rather enjoyed the challenge, and I believe you wanted to learn how to better control your titan.

I would say we accomplished that.

[He said like that was his plan all along. It certainly shoved better than “I was being incredibly petty and I didn’t want to lose”.]

Besides, what exactly would have happened if you had. You said yourself, titans do not digest what they swallow, and it’s not like I was going to drown.