Edmund gave him a raised eyebrow at the food nudged his way. "Aren't you going to join me, Alphonse? You look like you could use a bite. Not," he clarified with a slight blush at how his words might sound rude, "that there's anything wrong with the way you look, I don't think so, at least. You'd be the dote of the co-eds at Oxford." And some of the men, too, Edmund included...
Still flushed, he gave a nod and a grin between mouthfuls. "A brick. A swell fellow, you know. One you can really count on. I think you're one, anyways." Stop while you're ahead, Ed.
Thankfully, Al was already showing him the layout of the country and its surrounding areas. Edmund scooted closer, till their shoulders were just brushing, and studied the map Al was drawing very carefully, instantly committing all of the drawings and information to memory. "Ah, Xing sounds a great deal like Calormen," he said with a nod. "So many territories and vying clans, all controlled by a single emperor. So...if you're from Amestris, how did you end up in Xing?" He turned the question on Al, peering up at him curiously. Certainly Al looked very different from the locals, as different as Edmund did from the Calormenes when he'd been in Tashbaan.
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Date: 2015-06-05 04:35 am (UTC)Still flushed, he gave a nod and a grin between mouthfuls. "A brick. A swell fellow, you know. One you can really count on. I think you're one, anyways." Stop while you're ahead, Ed.
Thankfully, Al was already showing him the layout of the country and its surrounding areas. Edmund scooted closer, till their shoulders were just brushing, and studied the map Al was drawing very carefully, instantly committing all of the drawings and information to memory. "Ah, Xing sounds a great deal like Calormen," he said with a nod. "So many territories and vying clans, all controlled by a single emperor. So...if you're from Amestris, how did you end up in Xing?" He turned the question on Al, peering up at him curiously. Certainly Al looked very different from the locals, as different as Edmund did from the Calormenes when he'd been in Tashbaan.