Alphonse Elric made an embarrassed sound, inclined his helmet away. Edward Elric did what Ling was coming to like best about the young man – he lunged forward, seized Ling by the collar, and starting howling things about various people’s sensitive ears. Naturally, of course, said outburst ultimately offended far more ears. Ling snickered heartily on the inside as his traveling companion’s ire had to hiccup, redirect itself at an exasperated conductor.