I don't think I'd call their idea of an army functioning.

[He turns another page in Ed's notebook, not bothering to look up as he talks. The homunculi are at the top of the list of things he wants to ask about when Ed's feeling more agreeable. If they were really created by a normal human then it makes sense that they'd be younger, and while he doesn't want to hope for too much, it sure would be nice to hear there's an Amestris out there where they didn't spend centuries engineering wars for maximum bloodshed.]

That's part of why I think comparing this stuff will be important for us later on. We can't be prepared for everything, but we can at least know what to expect when it comes to our own worlds.

[Another casual page flip as he mulls over what might happen if the homunculi really did show up.]

Actually... That we aren't from the same place is probably something we should try to keep to ourselves, just to be safe.