"Amestris," it was the easiest place to start and would make more sense once everything else came back to him. "Like I said before, it's landlocked. Surrounded by the countries of Drachma to the north, Creta to the west, Aerugo to the south, and then to the east, we have a desert between us and the country of Xing." Along with the ancient city of Xerxes but that conversation can come later.

They were still working on fixing relationships with the other countries. After so many centuries of nothing but conflict between them, it was going to take a long time, especially as they couldn't just explain how or why Amestris came to be. So much bloodshed wouldn't be easy to forgive.

She almost corrects him on the whole Pride thing then remembers that's the name of the record label. Right. It looked like they'd never get away from that one in some form or another. "You could say Pride is responsible for a lot of things." There's no explanation there either, just a sad smile as she looks down at her drink.

"The science of understanding, deconstructing, and reconstructing matter based on the law of equivalent exchange. This is alchemy, and yes, it's what you were studying under my father. He taught you everything you needed to for basic alchemy." And I gave you the rest. Riza stops short of saying it as she finishes up the wine in her glass. It was still a hard subject to talk about, even the one person who knew more about it than anyone else. Of course, she never expected to have to explain it all to Roy since he'd seen the worst of it personally.