"Yeah, well," Ed said with a shrug, "Automail seems to be mostly from my world. Not a big surprise."

He couldn't even really blame Steve on not knowing the mechanics. Ed was pretty useless when it came to his own arm -- and it was his arm. Still, even if it weren't for having someone from home, it would have been nice to have someone who knew something about his arm here. He didn't like the idea of being without it if something happened, but so far nobody had surfaced with any mechanic knowledge. Mostly, he forced himself not to fret over it. Nothing he could do about it now.

"Normal?" Ed scoffed. "Not that I'm aware of. I'm pretty new myself, though. Name's Ed." He tacked on the last part as he held out hand in greeting.