I've been travelling with Alphonse Elric and my brother. We're heading to Olivine right now so I'm just kind of picking up where I left off. That brings my badge count to... four?

[ He can't help it. Talking to girls? That's one demon he was never taught to wrangle. But there's a smile there. He has to admit, that's quite an accomplishment, these badges. ]

Still a long way to go, though.