Like an astronaut getting used to gravity again, Alphonse has to get used to experiencing pain again and remembering that things cause it. There have been several occasions where al has left his hand on a burning stove for a few seconds not understanding where the pain is coming from, completely forgotten the effects of things like poison oak and poison ivy and walked straight into them only to be in horrible itchy pain later, jumped from heights he shouldn’t have not realizing he would regret it when he landed, being out in the sun for hours without sun screen and ending up beat red, grabbing sharp objects by the sharp end, hanging out near swampy waters in the evening with out bug spray to help catch cat fish only to be covered in thousands of bug bites, him trying to pet a bumble bee as he cooed over how cute it was, and so on and so forth.
this learning period was terrifying for Winry and Ed, but at least they were there for him during it.









