When Kimblee started practicing his explosive alchemy, he was young and reckless - it didn’t t

When Kimblee started practicing his explosive alchemy, he was young and reckless - it didn’t take much time for the loud sounds of his explosions to make him half deaf. From that time until now, he has been wearing hearing protection earplugs all the time. The collateral effect is that he often asks people to repeat what they are saying and/or to speak louder.