How would Annie's going underground prove anything?


I'm wondering how Annie's going underground (in episode 23) would prove she
wasn't the Female Titan? Also, was her reason for not going there only because
she knew it was a trap, or did she have another reason as well? It feels like
I have missed something..




The problem is that Mikasa was with them. Were it only Armin and Eren, Annie
might not be that afraid of going underground. Annie knows that in human
combat, Mikasa can match her if not best her. The only way for her to defeat
Mikasa and take Eren with her is for her not to go underground. Going
underground will prevent her from transforming, not because of the dark, but
because if she transform there, she will be trapped in the tunnel, preventing
her from moving. Being unable to move will cause not only:

  1. her identity as the female titan be exposed
  2. be captured by the Scouting Legion
  3. failing her mission of capturing Eren alive

that's why.




The problem is that Mikasa was with them. Were it only Armin and Eren, Annie
might not be that afraid of going underground. Annie knows that in human
combat, Mikasa can match her if not best her. The only way for her to defeat
Mikasa and take Eren with her is for her not to go underground. Going
underground will prevent her from transforming, not because of the dark, but
because if she transform there, she will be trapped in the tunnel, preventing
her from moving. Being unable to move will cause not only:

  1. her identity as the female titan be exposed
  2. be captured by the Scouting Legion
  3. failing her mission of capturing Eren alive

that's why.

