The rational part of him knew very well that kissing Albrecht could very well lead to a delay in things, but Ed felt so excited that he wanted to shout it out at the world. Maybe it was a little silly, but he had been craving his revenge for so long now. He needed this kind of closure, to get rid of that anger that kept boiling up in him.
"I would've found them no matter where they hid." he said with a triumphant grin that bordered on the cocky side.
He glanced down at the fingers in his shirt, the energy in the room shifting a little. He licked his bottom lip unconsciously. "Strategize, huh?" he asked, his voice unmistakably deeper, a little raspier. "And what would you suggest?"