Alfons knew better than to mention the fact that Ed could easily stretch out, for two good reasons. The first was obvious, as not even Alfons would be immune to Ed's temper. The second, well... not so obvious. But if Ed wanted to rest his head in Alfons's lap, or lean against his shoulder, or something... the German would have liked that.

As for the second part? The taller boy intertwined his fingers, glancing at Ed every now and again before looking back at his lap. "I know, it's not much at all to you, but for me it's... well, kind of a big deal." A nervous chuckle- it had been, literally, a matter of life and death, after all.

"I never saw anything like that before... and yet you and the others took them down without any problems. It was really something."