In hindsight, it made perfect sense that another Ed from a parallel universe would know exactly how he fought and that his usual tricks would be dodged and countered. However, this meant that he could read what his opponent was doing too. While he was knocked back, he had been ready for it and he caught himself and sprang back up.

"My problem?! What the hell is yours?!"

The older Ed had already stated it of course, but anger has a way of getting in the way of rational thought.

"I get dragged into some sick experiment and then when I find out what I'm really here for, I find a carbon copy of myself drinking himself to death and you expect me not to be pissed off?!" He had to vent somehow, and like hell was he going to do that the way the guys in charge of all this wanted him to.