KBKing Bradley
Not that you'd know, but growing old isn't easy.
KBKing Bradley
This year marks my sixtieth birthday. It's frustrating how your body stops moving the way you want it to... So I'd like to finish this job quickly as possible and return home...
I've got an idea... Retire!
KBKing Bradley
I understand why you'd think you have an advantage over a man like me since I possess neither your impenetrable Ultimate Shield, nor an Ultimate Spear that can pierce any substance... But I'll tell you a secret. Do you know how I managed to distinguish myself amongst the storms of bullets on the battlefield time after time... to rise to my current position?
KBKing Bradley
I may not have the protection of your Ultimate Shield, but I clearly see your weakness with my Ultimate Eye. Now then, Greed. How many times do I have to kill you before you stay dead?
You're an idiot! It's bad enough you believed her, but then you gave up?!
Please, forgive me, Colonel.
You've gotta stay strong. Don't you EVER give up on living. I need to know you can keep your cool no matter what happens.
I'm gonna continue to rely on you to watch my back. Don't let me down.
You oughta think about taking your own advice, Colonel. Since you were the one who abandoned his post.
Hey! SHUT UP, HAVOC! [his injury plays up as a result of him yelling] AGH! Ugghh… And what the hell, why are we even in the same room? At my rank I should have my own room, with a hot nurse.
Try to understand sir; it was easier to protect you both in the same room.
Which reminds me: Why haven’t they tried to kill us yet?
[Cut to the Homunculi]
What’s wrong with you? How could you let that bastard go after what he did? You should have yanked his spine out of his mouth!
It’s not too late to kill him! So get to it!
BBradley
We can use Mustang, he’s useless if we kill him however.
Use him? Hold on, you mean the portal?
BBradley
You don’t need to worry about it. And forget Mustang. Father wants me to handle it.
Tell me, why are you bothering to let me live?
BBradley
Because you aren't going to learn your lesson if you're dead, soldier.
And the military...? How long has all this been going on?
BBradley
The Homunculi have been controlling this entire nation since its inception.
So all this time you've been sitting back and laughing at our struggles. I saw you at General Hughes' funeral. Your hands were trembling. So did you fake that as well?
BBradley
Why must everyone make such a fuss over the death of a single soldier...? The moment a soldier dons his uniform, he accepts the reality that he might be buried in it. And about my hands... Hughes' child screeched throughout the entirety of his funeral. My hands were trembling with anger.
How can you say such a thing? You have a child, too.
BBradley
Are you referring to Selim? He's more well-behaved than that.
And how do you think he'd react if he found out that his father is a Homunculus?
BBradley
Was that a threat? You'll have to do better. Selim will never work as a point of weakness in my life. But you, on the other hand... I know exactly who to use as your weak point.
Bradley [Voice over]: I have no memory of my parents' faces or their names...In fact, I don't even remember my own name. For all I know, I might have been abandoned or sold before I even had one. And they trained us to be leaders. They kept us confined together...and they taught us at all times of the day and night. We studied political science, and humanities...As well as martial arts... firearms...and of course, swordsmanship. I was certain that I would be the one chosen to lead this country. I firmly believed it and I endured any training to make it so.
[Flashback]
SScientist
Go ahead and lie down.
BBradley
What's going on here?
SScientist
Just try not to think about it. This won't take long.
BBradley
What are you gonna do to me...?.! Are they dead?!
You are the twelfth candidate. Do you have what it takes to become my fury? My Wrath?
Bradley [Voice over]: A Philosopher's Stone is created from the life force of countless human beings and contains their souls. Once injected into the bloodstream, it begins to take over its new host and the human body tries to reject it. My body was repeatedly destroyed from the inside out and then rebuilt by the stone. The only options I had were to die or to overcome its power. I chose the latter.
[Later]
SScientist
It's amazing! We've made a new type of human! Congratulations. You have been chosen to lead mankind down the path of destiny...Everything has been arranged to provide you with all that you'll need. From now on, your name will be...King Bradley.
You've lived your life before as a human being...Why choose to be a Homunculus, sir...? Isn't there some way you could go back to being a human...?
BBradley
You suggest I become human again...? Ridiculous...Why would I possibly want to pursue such frivolity? I've become something far superior. Just as you humans take great pride in your "humanity", misguided though that may be... I too am proud...Because we also take pride in what we are. The woman you killed. She died with her pride intact, didn't she?
BBradley
You will have to continue carrying this. And you will do so by your own volition.
By my own free will? There's no way I'd...
BBradley
What was her name? That girl... Ah, yes. It was Winry Rockbell. Your Automail engineer. And raised in Resembool too. She's practically family. I heard she has a clientele in Rush Valley.
Stay away from her! Just leave her out of this!
BBradley
If you don't intend to stay, then I'll simply have to cut her down.
BBradley
I met him once. He said a king exists for his people. As if the people matter. The fool, just where did that get him? Typical human.
Shut the hell up! [suddenly regaining control and glaring at Bradley] Don't underestimate humans.
[Bradley is frozen and wide-eyed]
... I know, he is smart as he vigilantly waits for an opportunity to take control of this body!
BBradley
He must have been taking second thoughts. Now that he has taken a monster into his flesh.
BBradley
So, you're asking me to take your life in place of the remaining tens of thousands of Ishvalans?
LLLogue Lowe
That's correct I stand...
BBradley
How arrogant of you. Do you sincerely believe that your single life is equivalent to the remaining multitude of your followers? Your stature has gone to your head. The life of any individual human is only worth one life. That's all. Nothing more, and nothing less. Your life is not enough to call off the extermination.
I1Ishvalan #1
How can you be so inhuman?!
I2Ishvalan #2
You will suffer the hammer of God!
BBradley
God, you say? Now this is intriguing. How much longer to you think your "God" plans to wait before unleashing His fury? Just how many thousands of lives must I take before He decides to strike me down?
I2Ishvalan #2
You're a monster!
BBradley
Open your eyes! God is nothing more than a construct created by man to inspire fear and promote order. If you wish to see me struck down, for all these atrocities, use your own hands to do so, not God's!
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