Strings and brains? [He tilts his head, puzzled. It definitely doesn't sound like anything he's heard of, that's for sure, and between himself and Al they'd canvassed most of the alchemical knowledge in--]

Wait. Al. You said you needed to help Al. What's wrong? [And on the heels of that thought, he remembers:] And if I'm in this world, does that mean my kids are still back in our world?