Ed lifts a hand. "Wasn't saying that. What I meant was that... Gah, can't believe I'm even saying this... What I meant was that I've seen magic do things an Alchemist would never be able to accomplish, even with the Philosopher's Stone. During the past few days I saw magic-users make ice in the middle of a desert, make fire in a damp jungle—while it was raining—and conjure up lightning bolts where there was no static electricity and not a single thundercloud in sight. It flies in the face of chemistry and physics. The price is clearly paid elsewhere, not in the same way as Equivalency. Not saying that's necessarily a bad thing, it's just... not the same."