Borrowing the van
"Oh! Okay. Hi. I fully support not getting shot or hurt. I'm a medical student, Alphonse Elric." he offered his hand to the other guy, all the while eying the doc with smoke from his nose.
"That's a... different kind of friend you have there." Odd dog? Weird creature? Al had no clue.
"And really? Cool! I've been tooling around out here pretty much since day one of this madness by myself. It's been a mess. Trying to get people help and to the hospitals has been hard alone." Calming down, he smiled and turned back forward, shifting his bag closer to him to clear the way.