[Well, it's hardly mandated in Amestris and he was homeschooled besides, and...oh, ugh. Why is it always ghosts...

His expression flickers a little at that, but it's back to the usual placidity before it slips too far.]

Ah...I suppose that depends on how we're defining "ghosts," Miss Barby. I'm familiar with this world's version, and I'm more than familiar with the souls of the dead in my world, but those were two very different experiences.