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[There's a teenage boy staring at the camera for just a fraction too long before he starts to speak. Ed's a smart kid, and while he doesn't have any kind of phone remotely like this back home, he figured out how to use it pretty quickly. Still, he's done a lot more listening and watching and reading than actually communicating with other people through it. He wants to make sure he understands it fully before he uses it.

But he's ready now. Once he's satisfied that it's recording, he nods, then sits back.]

Hi. I'm Edward Elric. I'm an Alchemist. But from what I've heard, that doesn't mean anything to most of you. But even if you don't have alchemy, you do have science, right? What do the scientists of your worlds study?

[There, question posed successfully. He's mastered this fascinating device. He turns it off, and waits for people to reply.]

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Not when they have a culture that celebrates ignorance.

you know, there wasn't actually a hole before but you are just going straight for the shovel, aintcha.

[Ed just rolls his eyes.] Are you going to explain it or are you just going to... meme at me?

[He chuckles.] even if i had the energy to explain it, i couldn't. i'm not an expert in that kinda stuff. i just sell hotdogs. do i look like a scientist to you?

You look like a disproportionate skeleton. But maybe that's what scientists look like in your world, how should I know?

[Oh wow. He has to laugh a bit at that.] wow. "disproportionate?"

If you had skin you'd look really weird.

[Which is SAYING A LOT.]

i mean, you'd probably look pretty weird without skin.

[...Wow that sounded a lot more threatening than it did in his head.]

Yeah, obviously. Most people would.

you know, you might win the prize for "weirdest conversation i've had with a newcomer."

I'm not new. I've been here for over a month.

[He just... didn't use the network at all for that time.]

do you just...not have internet where you're from?

Maybe we do. What's internet?

it's like a digital community made up of information. it's where the memes live.

All of that makes sense [sort of] except your meme thing.

that's fine. memes don't really make sense anyway.

So what's the point of them?

they're like jokes. they're funny.

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