(explaining)

Its a rite of passage.

Their prior identities are forcibly discarded, leaving only blank slates from which real soldiers can be produced.

Its a necessary step along the path laid out before them.

(explaining)

The Titans show no signs of human-like intelligence,

and therefore, there are no known instances of successful communication with them.



Their body structure is fundamentally different from that of all other creatures.

They have no sexual organs, and their method of reproduction is unknown.

Most of them have a physique resembling human males.