"Muggle?" Ed echoed, face contorting in confusion. He didn't know who this guy was that he had never heard of a state alchemist -- even people from outside their country knew what they were, particularly because of how pivotal they had been in the last war.

But he felt like they weren't even speaking the same language, really. He'd thrown around wizard and Muggle as if they were common things, but Ed had no idea what he was going on about. He wished, once again, that Al was here. Ed was a little narrow in his studies -- if it wasn't alchemy, he didn't care, but there was a better chance that Alphonse would have been able to handle this situation well. Or at least with more patience.