"If you'd met him, you'd know," Ed reassured her, unable to help a wry grin despite the oddity of the situation.

"Are we in Central?" he asked a moment later, because that probably should have been the first thing he asked. Of course, it was important to discern where his traveling companions were -- or, at least, where they were not -- but he needed to know where he was above all. And how to get to Central if that wasn't where he was.