Taako is undoubtedly one of many people here to recognise Ed's propensity for getting suckered by letting other people do as they please. He's had enough experience with the unfamiliar to believe that keeping an open mind about his situations and adapting as he learns more about them is the best way to keep his own hide intact. Making brash assumptions about things won't help him, so for now he's along for the ride on the Taako Train even if he has exactly zero idea of what this ride entails.

It's a little scary, actually.

'Just for funsies' doesn't quite describe it, so he attempts to clarify. "Ah, man, I wish I could do it professionally, but my hometown isn't big enough for that sort of thing. I cook for my brother and me." Hopefully that answers whether he only eats his own stuff. Ed feels like he's in a bit better mood than just a moment ago just from talking about this, though. "It's mostly soups and stuff since that's the easiest meal to make with whatever we've got, so I guess I don't know if that counts as being 'good' at it, but Juno says he likes it, so that's really what matters to me!"

His shoulders raise into a sheepish shrug. "Do you cook?"

...and then, a moment later, he coughs. "Jeez, I don't think I introduced myself... Call me Edward." He pauses, not necessarily waiting for a response but rather trying to find the right words to say. Talking to this guy makes him kind of nervous. "...what can I call you?"