[His acknowledgement of her burden makes it feel much more real all of a sudden, and she tears up at the sympathy in his voice, just a little - he shouldn't hear it in her speech, hopefully. God, she's dumping all her huge problems on him when she just wanted to apologise for her rudeness..! She wants to bring back a tinge of light-heartedness and insist that he bill her for this unbooked therapy session - but his suggestion puts that thought on the backburner.]

Keep them from...

[She trails off. Past holder of the Founding Titan were able to use its powers to make their people immune to plagues and diseases. It absolutely is possible to alter their very biology. But to remove the titan "gene"? Is that feasible?]

I... I need to investigate that option with everything I've got at my disposal. If that were possible, it'd be our salvation.