[He waves a hand at the condolences.]

My brother brings me back, so I guess it doesn't matter in the long run.

It's nice here, I've been to worse places. It's easy to get comfortable.

[Which he was sort of regretting. He missed Purg more than his own home and that was always a complicated mess of feelings he'd rather not have. At the introduction Ed nods.]

Edward Elric, or just Ed's fine. Nice to meet you, Makoto.