[Al hesitates. Taking Ed to the edge of the island is a detour from heading back to camp, but if he were in his brother's place it's absolutely something he'd need to see for himself right away. (He did see it for himself right away, and he can still hardly believe his eyes.)]

Alchemy isn't going to work here. The others will tell you it's because of the world's frequency, but that's because they don't understand the difference between alchemy and magic.

[Another sore point, from the way he says it.]

The island we're on can't produce the right energy because it doesn't look like it's even attached to a planet. It's just floating in the middle of nowhere.