User blog comment:Miskos3/Shingeki no Kyojin Episode 24: Mercy, Review/@comment-20382425-20130923120707/@comment-7418318-20130923122814

If she wanted to capture Eren, she could have done so right there and then in a matter of seconds, with barely any risk of being captured herself, once she took down Mikasa

And if she really wanted to escape she would have chosen another route, instead of going after Armin and Jean. That they are trying to lure her into a trap is so painfully obvious even someone who didn't fall prey to the very same trick just a few days before could see it clearly.