[Al finally picks up his Shinx to hold and pet, which seems to mollify him for now. It certainly helps to calm and center Al as well.] That's good. I don't wanna be separated from him again.

[Al frowns a little, tilting his head. Shit, had Ed explained where he'd been to Winry? That whole day was so chaotic, Al couldn't remember all the details.] Don't you remember? It...it's a mirror to our world, but there's no alchemy there. They advanced in physics and machinery instead, and Brother was stuck over there trying to find a way back. I managed to open the Gate to try and get him back, but... [Then that horrible army had come through, with the giant flying machines that had laid waste to Central. And it had been his fault, if he just hadn't been so blind--!]

[Wait, hadn't Winry said something about time being different?] What's the last thing you remember from back home?