[Armin pauses for a moment, thinking on how to phrase this. Bertolt wasn't exact a friend was he, but at the same time, could Armin think of him as an enemy knowing what he knew about what him, Annie and Reiner had gone through. Certainly they had lied to them and caused great suffering, but they hadn't really been more than tools in those decisions, hadn't they?]

Ah, someone I used to know owned a Growlithe. You've probably seen those, right? The fire-breathing dogs?

I was there when he evolved his Growlithe. Unfortunately, the Growlithe managed to get a hold of the Fire Stone before either of us noticed and well--

[A pause. A stare into the middle distance.]

I was holding it. And it was very heavy.