"Children and those who can't defend themselves. They're always the ones who are hurt most," Allelujah agreed. But Celestial Being wasn't so much better. Setsuna was still a kid, even if he'd been chosen by Veda, and Allelujah had been younger than that when he'd been taken in by them. Even Lockon, who seemed so much older at times, was still little more than a child in comparison to most soldiers.

"I suppose so. I've never even heard of alchemy. Not really." Maybe a couple of mentions in some of the books he'd read. Brief mentions in fiction so he wasn't toally clueless about it, but he'd very little idea about it beyond those few mentions. His education hadn't exactly covered things like that.

His smile faded a little when he saw Edgeworth's expression, cursing his other half. They didn't need to alienate people here! Not before they could get out. He did take the change of topic gladly though, glad to have something to hopefully distract the other man for a while. "The Human Reform League," he corrected. "China, Korea, Asian Russia, India. And most of the smaller Asian countries too. They control one of the Orbital Elevators." And that colony which made him sick to even think of. "And yes, the UN still exists. I suppose it could be called a peacekeeping mission. They united to destroy us."