"Can't live without them!" he said with a smile. He looked around again, before he looked back at her. "It's pretty awesome, getting to see this, though. It does look like a lot of fun."

Except if he let her make him an alchemist, she would probably realize he already was one. Damn, damn, damn.

"Do you like being here? I mean--you know, now that the war's over, living in the Nenakret and all."