[It's a conscious effort to remember to call the kid, no one really uses that function, that he's aware of, but he does it because he remembers what it's like being forced out of his comfort zone when everyone else had a better grasp of network devices.]
[Good to know he's still the well mannered one. The adult doesn't seem at all put off by the wait.]
When's your birthday?
[Just right to the point. Pretending this conversation is remotely close to on time, it's January 31st and been a day since their shouting match. While it's entirely possible they don't share a birthday considering some of the other discrepancies in their timelines, it's a safe enough bet to be worth a shot. Surely, this won't end in disaster.]
[Why always questioning everything. What did he do to deserve any of this?]
You don't like me, I get it. We still need to get used to being stuck here together, for her sake. Let me make you a drink.
[He's really good at it, he promises and he went out of his way not to use the word hate. Somehow, he doesn't expect the kid to meet him in the middle, but he's trying. Honestly, he'd be just as happy to leave the kid alone and never speak to him again except that Hawkeye was here and this was important to her.]
[A soft "hm" can be heard as Ed acknowledges the fact that Hell wouldn't have a minimum age requirement for consuming alcohol.
There's a long pause as he considers all of this. For the Lieutenant's sake, huh? She hadn't been pleased with their bickering, and the last thing Ed wanted was to become a burden for Hawkeye, especially with how beat up she had been when they saw her...]
[Ed waits, he's good at that. If he can stand there and listen to a lecture he doesn't want to hear with no more than a blink, he can sit in silence while the kid sorts out his response
The answer that came, despite being what he was going for, was entirely unexpected.]
Tonight? I can't imagine you have too many plans.
[He hadn't been here long and even if he had there wasn't much to do, which is why the adult had fallen back to bartending to pass the time.]
[It really says something when Ed realizes he'd actually prefer this guy's company to being bored out of his skull or accidentally bumping into the wrong demon. This place really was Hell.]
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Now what?
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When's your birthday?
[Just right to the point. Pretending this conversation is remotely close to on time, it's January 31st and been a day since their shouting match. While it's entirely possible they don't share a birthday considering some of the other discrepancies in their timelines, it's a safe enough bet to be worth a shot. Surely, this won't end in disaster.]
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[He thought that would have been pretty obvious if it was today, but what does he know?]
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[Oh wait, the date was different here than from when he was pulled from Amestris. He checks.]
Oh. I guess it is. Why does this matter?
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You don't like me, I get it. We still need to get used to being stuck here together, for her sake. Let me make you a drink.
[He's really good at it, he promises and he went out of his way not to use the word hate. Somehow, he doesn't expect the kid to meet him in the middle, but he's trying. Honestly, he'd be just as happy to leave the kid alone and never speak to him again except that Hawkeye was here and this was important to her.]
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[Okay, that was completely unexpected. And weird.]
You know I'm too young for alcohol, right?
[Because when most adults say 'drink' they mean 'alcoholic beverage,' right?]
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[Not the point. He actually finds it weird that the teen didn't immediately jump to biting his head off. This was progress, strange, but progress.]
It doesn't matter, I'll make you something without it.
[Somehow, Ed didn't think he'd would know what a virgin was. Best to keep things simple.]
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There's a long pause as he considers all of this. For the Lieutenant's sake, huh? She hadn't been pleased with their bickering, and the last thing Ed wanted was to become a burden for Hawkeye, especially with how beat up she had been when they saw her...]
Yeah, fine. When?
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The answer that came, despite being what he was going for, was entirely unexpected.]
Tonight? I can't imagine you have too many plans.
[He hadn't been here long and even if he had there wasn't much to do, which is why the adult had fallen back to bartending to pass the time.]
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I'll see you then.
[A beat.]
Where are we meeting?
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The bar-?
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[Look, he's new to this social drinking thing, okay?]
I'll see you tonight.
[Then he hangs up.]