Yeah, sounds like it. I didn't even know that was possible.

[ he's itching to write some of this down, to get more information about other people's words, but to save himself from looking crazy he waits for now. ]

I'm from a place called Amestris, it's... not at all as advanced as this place. Automobiles and radios are about as complex as it gets. Our military is weaponized but they also use alchemy -- that's what I am, a State Alchemist back home.