Due to the sexual experiences: More aware of his own personal tastes Actually has some opinions on sex Fully aware that he's probably always going to need aphro to have any interest in sex, something that he'd not have cared about before More experienced with a variety of sexual concepts and kinks
Due to the horror experiences: Fear of hallucinations in unexplainable situations - if something is extreme enough he will consider that he might be hallucinating before believing it's real Fear of inability to use or control his alchemy Increased skepticism of anyone willing to splice themselves with another species (Tucker, Quin) Increased discomfort with anyone who thinks they're above rules/others (Dante, Quin) Basically convinced he's going to die before ever returning to his own reality
Due to the multiverse experiences: Ed's previous position of feeling confident that he'll return home was shattered as his perception of the multiverse expanded to include the concept of infinite various timelines. Instead of believing he'll go back and everything will be as it was (as described in previous worlds), Ed's come to believe that he vanished from his own timeline and his brother may very well be dead because of it. This has made him increasingly jaded, bitter and cynical after having moved away from that sort of mentality in previous games. He has lost a lot of his previous hope and optimism.
Zhautas
Due to the sexual experiences:
More aware of his own personal tastes
Actually has some opinions on sex
Fully aware that he's probably always going to need aphro to have any interest in sex, something that he'd not have cared about before
More experienced with a variety of sexual concepts and kinks
Due to the horror experiences:
Fear of hallucinations in unexplainable situations - if something is extreme enough he will consider that he might be hallucinating before believing it's real
Fear of inability to use or control his alchemy
Increased skepticism of anyone willing to splice themselves with another species (Tucker, Quin)
Increased discomfort with anyone who thinks they're above rules/others (Dante, Quin)
Basically convinced he's going to die before ever returning to his own reality
Due to the multiverse experiences:
Ed's previous position of feeling confident that he'll return home was shattered as his perception of the multiverse expanded to include the concept of infinite various timelines. Instead of believing he'll go back and everything will be as it was (as described in previous worlds), Ed's come to believe that he vanished from his own timeline and his brother may very well be dead because of it. This has made him increasingly jaded, bitter and cynical after having moved away from that sort of mentality in previous games. He has lost a lot of his previous hope and optimism.