Board Thread:Manga/@comment-27441457-20171108210024/@comment-1327106-20171109190305

Pieck didn't see everyone up close while scouting though. You're not going to remember faces when there are 100+ people in a formation that you are observing from a distance.

Remember how close Annie had to get to identify Armin. She was almost on top of him before his hood fell over his head and she had to remove it. Which means that even without the hood she had to be very close. Unless Pieck's Cart Titan has binocular eyes, the only time she's close enough to Armin's face is when his skin's burned off.

Interesting point about the height. Connie is 158cm (5'2"), Armin is 163cm (5'4"), and Jean is 175cm (5'9") in the year 850.  Using Porco for reference, he is also 175cm (5'9"), but his data is current for the year 854. Pieck is 155cm (5'1").

Assuming Isayama didn't whiff the height while drawing those panels,  t he soldier guiding Porco and Pieck is taller than all the 104th were in 850. Being teenagers, it wouldn't be surprising if Connie, Armin, and Jean grew a little more over the time skip (Reiner gained 3cm), but it shouldn't be much. If we assume the soldier is around 190cm and not using platform boots of some kind, he's taller than any of them realistically should have grown in four years. Even for Jean that would be a stretch.

And I don't think Armin would have gotten really tall because of his Titan. Bert was small when he got the Colossus, but he was also a kid. His growth between receiving the Titan and 850 is easy to explain. He went through puberty and had his growth spurt. There's nothing to say his height is unnatural.