Ed wished he would have picked himself back up to be at optimal punching range, but no. He might be drunk but he was still smart enough to stay down.

"No, you're not." It was bad enough when Tucker crept into his nightmares, accusing him of turning his bother into a monster just like he had done to Nina. Seeing himself like this was a whole new level of nightmare and it was made the worst by it playing it out in front of him while he was still awake. "I'm not just going to give up and waste away in this hell hole! If there's a problem, you get up and fix it!"

In Ed's experience, there were only a few times where he felt he had enough of the high ground to scold other people, as he was usually the one who needed to be put in his place. This seemed to be like one of those rare times for him. Rose's spirit had been broken, but at least it wasn't this!