I am. Definitely. [His expression slips into something a bit more bittersweet. Yeah, he's had time to process — a few months, anyway. Though he supposes he's kept himself as busy as possible so he doesn't need to think about it for long.] Really not much else other way to say it, is there? It's hard to think about, so I try not to. Or I'll probably go a little crazy.

[Pushing things to the side. That's usually the military schtick, right?]

I mean, I was dead, anyway. Now... I guess I'm both.

[Dead at home, alive elsewhere? He has no clue how it works. The universe is bizarre as all get-out.

Sigh.]

The hell happened? Everyone okay? Elrics, your team?

[What better way to ignore how dead you are than to focus on your friends' health.]