"Might want to talk to them about farming, then."

"Possibly, yeah. Though - I'm curious about you two, just in general. Does your homeland have all this stuff, too? Like - lights and stuff."

"Yeah. And more stuff that we haven't gotten to yet. A lot of it is- infrastructure that just takes time to do."

"That makes sense... Especially if you're working around the existing city..."

"Kind of necessary here. Can't make more space just by asking."

"Yeah, we have that problem sometimes too - nicer houses are built into hills."

"I guess you'd save on insulation."

"Yeah. It's also just - our tradition."

"I can think of worse ones to have."

"Definitely."

"What's your homeland like?"

"It's called Amestris, and it's... more or less a circle. There are cold mountains in the north, ocean to the west, and a desert in the south and edge of the east, but in the middle it's basically pretty nice. That's where the big city is, Central City. There's railroads cutting the country into quarters, so it's easy to get most places. The government is- kind of a military dictatorship? The fuhrer is technically elected but it's always the same guy and you have to either be in the army or know important people in the army to get anywhere in the civil service."

"Huh. That sounds - both nice for... Like amenities, and really unpleasant for politics."

"Things are efficient, at least."

"I dunno efficient's as important as a good place to live."

"I'd advise you not to join the army, then."

"Oh, yeah, I'd be terrible at it. War's horrible."

"Something Amestris does a lot of, though."

"...Why?"

"Complicated geopolitical reasons, if you believe the official histories."

"Ugh."

"Yeah."

Estel takes over questions after that as Russet mulls over things - mostly about Amestris's government and how far away it is.

El is evasive about giving an actual location but answers the other questions.

She has her own questions too, mostly about elves and books and magic.

He's happy to answer them, with the thoroughness of someone used to getting these questions from a rather intense teacher.

Well that's convenient for both of them then.

What does he know about rings of power?