Alchemy is science! It's equivalent exchange. You can't make something out of nothing, but if you have the materials... [LIKE ANIMALS...] you can combine them. Or change them to something else!
[But what she says next grabs his attention. She's the first person here who's referred to having any kind of special power, or being different. Different in a secret way, no less!]
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[But what she says next grabs his attention. She's the first person here who's referred to having any kind of special power, or being different. Different in a secret way, no less!]
[His eyes get big, and he lowers his voice.]
... Are you a Homunculus too?