It's not exactly chemistry, no. There's definitely some aspects of chemistry to it, depending on what you're transmuting. It's definitely more than just turning lead into gold, which is what a lot of people think it is for some reason...
[...there was a point in there somewhere, wasn't there?]
I guess you could call it a power. It's a science back home though so it's... kind of difficult to explain.
But yeah it's... I mean, I spent pretty much all of my adult life working on that, so it's kind of hard to find something else to do with myself. Don't get me wrong, I really do like this world, but if there's one thing I really miss about Amestris, it's alchemy.
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[...there was a point in there somewhere, wasn't there?]
I guess you could call it a power. It's a science back home though so it's... kind of difficult to explain.
But yeah it's... I mean, I spent pretty much all of my adult life working on that, so it's kind of hard to find something else to do with myself. Don't get me wrong, I really do like this world, but if there's one thing I really miss about Amestris, it's alchemy.