icameheretowinry:

Does Al realize how lucky he is that his dad happened to own a suit of armor?? In the moment, Ed picked the best item to bond his soul to based on what could make his life easiest. What if the armor hadn’t been there? Ed was bleeding out, he didn’t exactly have a lot of time to think about it. Like

“Hi. I’m Edward Elric the Fullmetal Alchemist. I saved my brother’s life my binding his soul in this side of the portal.”

*gestures to a desk lamp*

*Al’s voice* “Yo.”