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[truthget]

[A series of separate journal entries would have been posted over the course of several days; Edward will have a somewhat sporadic response time for them, too. He might respond for a few hours and then not until the day following the entry ICly anyway-- I'll be tagging it normally 8|, since the cryptic commentary in each day's entry hints at how he

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[sea_king_bait]

[She'll blink, reading through a few of the entries. Looks like someone is really trying to keep themselves occupied.]

...Good luck on getting out in a month.

[truthget]

I've been told it's unrealistic. [But that's not stopping him.]

[sea_king_bait]

At least time stands still here. Not like you're missing anything back home.

[Positive vibes, Ed. Can you feel them?]

[truthget]

[He's starting to pick it up... hmm...]

Does time really stand still, or are we just sent back in time?

[Not that it makes much of a difference in the end, but he's curious about the theory.]

[sea_king_bait]

Well...some people have been here for years and they don't look like they've aged a day. I think time stands still here.

[There are way smarter people who could probably explain it better, but if Keimi can shed light on something, she's more than happy to do it.]

[truthget]

Adults, though, or younger? People don't change that much when they reach adulthood.

[If people didn't really age, then Winry wouldn't have been noticeably older. That can't be right either...]

[sea_king_bait]

[Blinkblink.]

I...dunno, really. How do you tell a human's gotten older, anyway?

[truthget]

[...Wouldn't she know 8|;; How puzzling.]

Well... they grow, of course. They get taller, their features change...

[sea_king_bait]

...Really? I never noticed the features changing.

[You humans all look alike, seriously.]

[truthget]

Not even your own?

[sea_king_bait]

...Totally different.

[truthget]

...What? Are you not human? [She sure looks like one. But he's also worked with and fought human-looking homunculus and chimeras, so.]

[sea_king_bait]

[She hates that question. Answering it never gets less awkward.]

...No.

[truthget]

So what are you, then?

[Kind of rude to ask, maybe, but after all his experiences with non-humans he just likes to know what he's dealing with. If it helps any, he doesn't sound bothered by the idea of her not being human.]

[sea_king_bait]

[Most people don't sound too interested in her. Usually it means its a trap. But Keimi has never been the one to be paranoid.]

I'm a...mermaid, actually.

[truthget]

A mermaid? [He... doesn't sound particularly enlightened. What the heck is a mermaid? Doesn't help that Amestris has no ocean]