[ He's going to stay like this for the moment, just for a brief rest. Recovery drains you, and Judar's good at hiding it, but he's been working himself a lot. The crutches have a lot more use than what you'd expect for him getting them within this month. His hands have seen even more work done with them. ]

That's... Essentially it, yeah.

[ As a whole, for anyone to look at and understand, even in his world, that was a good nutshell of the situation people are left in. Not moving forward, and maybe even sliding back somewhat.

But damn, Eren. Grew up in one? What kind of life did you even have? ]

It's pretty easy for prisons to develop into that kind of place. In cities, slums are often targeted for this sort of thing, because it's easy to feel like there's nothing but to watch royalty and nobles, while they're eating enough for a family on their own, as they struggle and die from starvation or sickness.