Day 2: Jellyfish

"Whoah…" Armin muttered as he stared at the little creature washed up on the shore… it was a living being, right? He'd never seen anything like it "I wonder what this is?"

Onyankopon would probably know. Or Yelena, but he couldn't see either of them right now. They were nearby somewhere, but Armin was afraid that the little creature would go away before he had the chance to ask.

"Looks like I'll have to ask one of the prisoners… surely I'll get an answer if I ask nicely, right?" honestly, he couldn't count on it, but he wanted to try. The guy who was good at cooking seafood would probably know.

Mind made up; Armin wondered how to move the little thing. It looked fragile, and he didn't want to harm it. Would it be safe if he scooped it up with his hands? If he was really careful?

"Well, here goes" he chose to try, but yelped not long after scooping it up "Ow!"

It was burning, it was burning his hands! It wasn't all that intense burning, he certainly knew what that felt like, but it came so out of nowhere that it surprised him.

"Armin! You okay?" Jean had heard him it seems, for the man ran over.

"Yeah, I'm fine" he said with a frown, looking at his hands "But this thing here burns; I think it's poisonous."

Jean looked at the little creature, quirking an eyebrow "What is that?"

"I don't know" Armin admitted "But the Marleyans probably do, so I'm going to ask."

Eyeing the creature, Jean asks: "Are you sure you want to carry that?"

"The burning's not that bad and since it's me, it'll heal" the blond said "Don't worry."

They went over to the cooking war prisoner, Nikolo, Armin heard Sasha call him, and the cranky guy took one look at what he had to show before turning his attention back to his cooking.

"That's a jellyfish" Nikolo told "I'm no expert in those, but since you're holding it like that, that one's probably not poisonous."

"Actually, it burns a little" Armin confessed, making Nikolo look at him in surprise "Then why are you still holding the thing? Get rid of it!"

"It doesn't hurt that badly" Armin said, showing his find to Sasha who was leaning closer "Jellyfish, you say? Is it tasty?"

Nikolo scoffed.

"I wouldn't eat that, but if you want to poison yourself then by all means do so" he told the girl, who pouted "Meanie! I was just asking!"

Nikolo huffed, returning his attention to his cooking. Armin chuckled good-naturedly, noting that the hostile POW wasn't quite as hostile as he had expected. He felt like they were making progress.

"Maybe you really should put that away before someone else gets hurt" Jean says, pointing at the jellyfish.

"Right" Armin says, walking back to the shoreline. Putting the jellyfish down, he watches as a wave washes it away. The world had all kinds of pretty little things to show them, it seemed.

Now, what else could he find?

A.N: I'm actually not sure if a titan's healing powers would cover poisonings, but let's just say that it does. :D