It still wasn't his problem, but there was a difference between letting him get involved by brainstorming and letting him get involved physically. Especially when he was more than a little certain that any effort the kid put into it would be wasted. It would keep him busy and maybe make him feel like he was doing something though, it would also keep him off the adult's back in the meantime.

If, by some miracle, he did come across a solution? Even better, but Ed didn't get this far without being cynical and jaded so he wasn't going to hold his breath on that one.

The question seemed to come out of left field and his eyebrows rose curiously. "Here? Not that I'm aware of, Greed was here but he left a while ago." He'd used the term 'left' loosely, but the kid didn't need to hear about that either, so long as he wasn't stuck here permanently like the rest of them. "Why?"