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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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Did they make giant spiders too?

[Ed sounds way too excited at the prospect.]

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[Peter snorts lightly in amusement mostly at the excitement.]

Not exactly. [He's not really a giant spider. He's just... part spider. Ish? And they didn't really mean to create him. He just got bit cause he was sneaking where he shouldn't.] So what's an alchemist do where you're from?

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Depends on whether you're talking about State Alchemists or not. But either way, most of the time we do research.

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Hey, that's super important. You need research to apply anything that's learned or to make new technology or improvements in the field and in the world.

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I know it's important.

[It's necessary, especially if he's going to get his and his brother's bodies back.]

The difference is as a State Alchemist I get access to nearly unlimited funds and resources to do my research, but I also have to answer to the Military.