Taking out consciousness from a body only took a brief moment. Sharog's body went limp and Ed's hand continued to hold her in place. He stayed like this for a short while as he thought of potential skills to have her develop.
'I should give her something related to wind and mana' There were plenty of skills he could give her from these two categories. The insects he caught tended to have wind skills, and anything else was not lacking in mana skills.
Ed still had to think carefully about this though. He had found no consequence to branding skills as opposed to learning them but that didn't mean none existed.
'I can imagine that forcing this into them with a brand might make it impossible for them to lose their skills' Growing old or out of shape could in theory result in a loss of skill. One might also lose their touch for whatever reason. This sounded like a plus but it was really circumstantial.