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In _Fullmetal Alchemist_ , when Al and Ed try to get their mom back using
Alchemy, Ed lost his one arm and one leg, and Al lost his body. Then we see Ed
having a metal arm and leg, and Al with a big armor.

Why a big armor and not a normal human size one?


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Why is Al's armor so big?


Because all Ed did was attach Al's soul to the armor, he didn't make the
armor. In fact, the armor was already in the basement

[![Ed and Al performing Human
Transmutation](https://i.stack.imgur.com/oBEuh.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/oBEuh.jpg)

As you can see, behind Ed and Al are 2 sets of armor. In the 2003 anime, there
is even a shot of these in the opening scene of the first episode.

While the image isn't really clear, we know this is Al's armor as after Ed
returns from the Gate, the armor he uses to bind Al's soul falls next to him

[![Ed about to create the Blood
Seal](https://i.stack.imgur.com/9R8Fx.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/9R8Fx.png)

Given where it falls and the angle, we can rule out the other armor that's
behind Al.

[Here is the scene in question from _Brotherhood_ on
YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvpJjbphJWQ)

You can see that after the armor falls, Ed crawls to it and draws the blood
seal. Beyond that, binding Ed does no more alchemy to the armor.

Since the binding cost Ed his arm even with the unique trait where he can do
transmutations without a circle, he can't do it without another arm. So even
if Ed wanted to morph the armor into a better shape, he can't and (after the
initial shock) Al was more worried for Ed losing so much blood that he's what
he looked like now.


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