[When the Meow Wow is close enough, it picks the key up in its mouth again and tries to give the snail a playful poke in the side with one of the ends.

Al briefly glances down at it, since he did just say he'd have to be more careful, but doesn't look particularly bothered. He looks up again when the boy mentions a place name, though there's no spark of recognition in his eyes.] Republic City? [Just from the sound of it, there's some possibility it's somewhere in Amestris he hasn't heard of, but under the circumstances...

He rubs the side of his neck.] To tell you the truth, I just woke up here not long ago. I'm still trying to figure out what's going on.