"You get used to it." Then you find out that you're not staying in one place all that long, after all - but he doesn't add that part. "Back home I traveled the country with my brother, the first portal I was pulled through brought me to a place sort of like living outside this wall. Monsters and no electricity. I was there long enough to forget about ever making it home again... Then I found myself some place else, and after a year there? I'm here. Apparently I brought myself to this one, but verdict's still out on whether or not I buy that theory."

So yeah, he's traveled a lot. Both in his own home world, and beyond it. Piece of cake, at this point. It was a lot easier to settle in a place like this than it had been in the previous worlds, there wasn't anyone gunning for you at all times like Ed was used to - which is probably why he made a point of finding things to get himself involved in, instead.

"What are Shadows like? I get the feeling they're not ... actual shadows." For one thing it was polite interest in this guy's world and experiences. For another, it would help Ed determine what he was used to fighting and how handy it might come in here.