TETrisha Elric
Ed? Al? Where are you? [She finds them scrawling a Transmutation Circle on the floor.] Oh, you boys... Are you in here messing up your dad’s study again? And Ed, you know better than to scribble on the floor.
Yea, but it's not scribbling. Here watch. [light flashes]
TTrisha
[eyes widen] Oh my. That's alchemy isn't it.
[a bird was made from the wood on the floor]
TTrisha
Did your dad teach you that?
How can he teach us anything if he's not here?
Right. We read about it in these books.
TTrisha
I can't believe you've done this.
[both boys look down]
I'm sorry. Did we mess up?
TTrisha
[claps her hands] No! It's great! You definitely take after your father. My little geniuses, you make me so proud.
RMRoy Mustang
Will you sit in that chair wallowing in self-pity, or will you stand up and seize the chance the military can give you?
RHRiza Hawkeye
It's their choice. They choose their own path.
If you believe the possibility exists for getting your bodies back, you should seek it out. Keep moving, whatever it takes. Even if the way ahead lies through a river of mud.
So that’s it, huh? What do you think?
There’s nothing to think, that’s Alchemy. No doubt about it.
But somehow he’s ignoring the law of equivalent exchange. He should’ve only been able to transmute that flower into an object of equal mass.
And he’s changing organic matter into inorganic matter. He shouldn’t be able to do that. Unless…
Yeah, there’s just one way… Bingo.
RTRosé Thomas
Oh, merciful God, please hear me, hear my prayer, I beg of you. Please bring him back.
So this is the almighty Leto…?
Welcome, are you interested in Letoism?
Nope, can’t say I am. Not really the religious type.
Well, I’m sorry to hear that… To know God is to know hope… If we believe in divine grace, and through him all things are possible… If you believe… I’m sure Leto would bless you and make you grow taller!
ESEdward [sounding furious]
What’s that supposed to mean?!
Easy, brother! She’s just trying to help!
What about bringing the dead back to life? Do you believe that’s possible too?
[pulls out a notebook and opens it] Water: 35 Liters, carbon: 20 kilograms, ammonia: 4 Liters, lime: 1.5 kilograms, phosphorus: 800 grams, salt: 250 grams, saltpeter: 100 grams, and various other trace elements...
RCRosé [completely baffled]
...huh?
That list represents the complete chemical makeup of a human body for the average adult. It's been calculated to the last microgram, but still there has never been one reported case of successfully creating a human life. And you're telling me something modern science can't do, you can do with prayer?
Lift thy voice to God! And the prayers of the faithful shall be answered!
Did I mention all those ingredients I read off? Down at the market, a kid could buy every one of them for the spare change in his pocket. As it turns out, humans are pretty cheap.
No, that's blasphemy...! People are-! We're all children of God... created in his image!
Heh. You have to understand, alchemists are scientists... We don't believe in unprovable concepts like creators or gods... We observe the physical laws that govern this world to try to learn the truth. It's ironic, really. That through the application of science, we have in many ways been given the power to play gods ourselves...
So you're putting yourself on the same level as God? That's just... sheer arrogance!
You know, there's an old myth, about a hero who flew on wings made of wax... He thought he could touch the sun, but when he got too close, his wings melted, and he came crashing back down to earth... Right Al?
FCFather Cornello
Your arm. A brother trapped in armor! I see. It's all becoming clear now. You did it, didn't you? The one thing even the most novice alchemist knows is strictly forbidden!
Why don't you come down here and try me? I'll show you real quick who the novice is!
Rosé... this is the price of their sin... These fools attempted human transmutation: the greatest taboo for any alchemist! In their arrogance, they tried to bring someone dead back to life!
RHRosé [horrified]
Oh no...
This is what happens when you try to play "God", or whatever you want to call it... Take a good look, Rose. Is this what you want?
So this is the great Fullmetal Alchemist, Edward Elric... Not even half a man...! Hell, not even half a boy!
And what're you?! You're just a phony that can't do anything without a Philosopher's Stone!
Father, we just want you to hand over the Stone before you get hurt.
Don't be absurd! Why, so you can use it for yourself?! Please... [uses his Philosopher's Stone to turn his cane into a Gatling Gun] If you fools are really so eager to play God, then perhaps I should send you to meet him instead!
[Cornello fires at Ed, Al, and Rosé. However, Ed conjures a wall of Earth to protect them all.]
Nah, me and God... we don't get along too well. Even if I went... he'd probably just send me right back here.
[Cornello's Philosopher's Stone has just disintegrated.]
EIEdward [in sheer disbelief]
What the hell...? The stone... It's supposed to be a perfect material; how did it just break like that?!
I-I don't know! I don't know anything about it! S-Spare me! Please! I–I was wrong! Please! I beg you!
Please don't! I'm helpless without the Stone! Spare me, please!
You mean, we went through all this... risked our lives just for this one possible chance... and it's a fake?
So, uh... ha ha... what about me?
[finally snaps] I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU DO! JUST GET OUTTA HERE!
Right! [runs away whimpering]
