"Yup." He said it as if it was nothing. In a sense, it wasn't a very big deal to him. He's had automail for about four years now, and it was something that was fairly common throughout Amestris. "I don't know all the details about how it works. I'm not a mechanic." If she wanted the details, he was not the person to go to. Of course, if Winry was here she could gush about it until Elsa's ears bled.

Ed nodded. Her reaction was the one he had hoped she would have. "That's it in a nutshell. Alchemy is pretty useful if you use it correctly and for the right things."

Now it was time for him to ask questions again. "What's that legend about the man with the silver hand?"