"Um. I think my world was behind a lot of people's here. I-in terms of technology, at least.

"...we just came out of a war. Hopefully peace will last this time, but I guess its not like I'll be there to see it." And he didn't really have any people to hope were doing well, since he's not sure anyone survived Termina even if they weren't in his party.

Edward can't see it, but he winches a bit at the gas mention. "...That's horrible. I've seen scarring like that before. Its...g-gas is never a good thing to have to deal with."