EdwardYour brother turned his body into a transmutation circle to make the Philosopher's Stone inside him. He was taking in the souls of all the Ishbalans dying in the war. And that is why your arm can deconstruct things.
That's correct, because it is part of the transmutation. It is looking for ingredients--souls for the stone.
Edward
And that is why it reacted with the stone fragments Marcoh made. It senses the lives inside and sucks them in.
But it hasn't been enough. In order to complete it, I still need more lives.
Edward
You think that gives you the right to use Rose as some charismatic puppet while you sacrifice her people for your stone?
LLyra(Dante)
Calm down. You have misunderstood his tactics. Scar isn't going to kill anyone from Lior.
Edward
Tell me Lyra, what the hell are you doing here anyway?
LLyra(Dante)
After Dante was murdered, I didn't know what else to do. I went searching for a place where I could do good with alchemy. Here, I learned about Scar and his plans for justice. You don't have to worry Ed. Right before the attack, the people of Lior will escape through a secret passage below the church. When the military invades, Scar will active the array.
Edward
Soldiers have lives just like us. I don't care what you think of the military, they are still...[Rose appears]
You have no idea what the soldiers have done to the people of Lior.
Edward
Like what? What did they do to Rose?
A group of them carried her to their base. Whatever they did to her there, it was traumatic enough that she couldn't speak when she returned. My sympathy will not be spent on soldiers, neither should yours.
Edward
Really classy scar, using a bereaved mute woman as you mouthpiece.
LCLior citizen 1
She is not just any woman. She is our divine holy mother.
LCLior citizen 2
She has given us all the courage to stand on our own, without the help of a corrupt military or false prophets like Leto.
Edward
Listen, as long as your taking orders from someone else, nothing will ever change.
LLyra(Dante)
You must understand Ed, not everyone can be as strong as you.
Edward
Are you wearing perfume Lyra?
LLyra(Dante)
Yea, bathing is a real luxury around here.
Edward
Yes, well the smell is making me noxious.
LLyra(Dante)
What do you intend to do about Scar?
Edward
Something, I sure as hell can't let him go through with this.
LLyra(Dante)
I agree. Despite Scar's best intentions, there will be civilian casualties. And if he fails to transmute the soldiers into the stone, well that's a risk we can't take.
Edward
I don't understand. I thought you were one of Scar's biggest fans. My only true allegiance is to the people of Lior.
LLyra(Dante)
My only true allegiance is to the people of Lior.
Edward
Lyra, I need your help. I have to send a letter.
Do not be deceived. They are only trying to invoke us into making the first attack. Stick to the plan at all costs, and we shall be victorious. (to Rose)Now I need you to lead the people through the escape route. I will stand behind it and extinguish the parasite that has been tormenting your city. (to Ed)You have an obligation to get them out of here safely.
Edward
Yea, yea, I know. Well I suppose we better get going then, huh?
LLyra(Dante)
Aren't you worried about Scar's plan?
Edward
If Mustang got my letter, the military won't step foot in here. Without his components, Scar won't be able to do a thing. He will never succeed Rose. The only thing left for you to do is get out of here while there is still time. It's over; Lior will fall. You can blame me if you want. I should have tried harder to find a way to stop their madness.
Edward
Keep going. The next city is not too much farther.
Edward
Do the best you can. I have to go track down Scar and turn him in, wherever he is.
LLyra(Dante)
You are going to hand him over to the military?
Edward
It's the only way the people of Lior are clear of any blame. I have no choice.
Please don't do it. It is not right.
Edward
But you understand why I have to.
Edward
I don't know. Maybe there is something else I can do. I'm not sure what but maybe I can figure out how to use what happened with the Fuehrer's secretary and possible persuade the colonel to, I don't know maybe sit down and negotiate or something. Please, don't count on me to protect you, keep going before their troops figure out you're here. The farther you get from them now, the better.
LLyra(Dante)
Of course. We know the stakes of being caught. We'll disperse a handful of us in each town we pass, blending in with the population.
Edward
They're all counting on you now Lyra, and you.
Edward
No, this time it's goodbye...
Edward
Hold on! Wait!
Well I guess who survived.
Edward
The people of Lior have given up. The only one left now is Scar.
Given up you say? I have trouble believing that. Not after they just killed the Crimson Alchemist.
Edward
You had orders not to invade Lior.
I'm afraid the battle has already begun.
Edward
You can pretend that it is beyond your control, but because of your senseless war mongering these soldier are being led to slaughter.
SSoldier
Scar has been located sir. We are engaging combat now.
Edward
This is a mistake! Wait! Don't go! You'll all die damnit.
Edward
Hello! Al?
Brother? No! brother, you have to get away from me, I'm about to explode at any minute! (silence)
Edward
Okay? I don't get it. What are you doing out here?
I'm back to normal? My body is normal again! I mean not normal normal, but normal!
Edward
Alright? I don't know what you're talking about, but...
Oh right. Well Kimblee made me into a bomb; then Lust said if they change my armor into something else, I could be saved; so Scar put his hand on me and it was like his arm was me; and uhhh...
Edward
Listen. Open up your chest plate. Just do it Al.
Edward
Well Al, a minute ago the transmutation circle in Lior was activated. Scar, he created a Philosopher's Stone, but he didn't do it inside his own body.
Yes, That's right boy. Now the very thing you have been searching for has been attached to your soul.
You mean, I am the Philosopher's Stone?
Edward
That doesn't make any sense. Why would Scar do that?
You should go. it would be long before they're after you-- my colleagues and the state.
Edward
What about you. I thought you were after the stone too.
Edward
That's right.
You know running makes you look guilty.
Edward
Winry? We're running because we knew you'd come after us! Isn't that what every dog does when it's chased?
Yes, but a trained dog never defies the orders of its owner.
Edward
Then I'm a stray.
Really? Then maybe we'll just have to put you down.
Edward. So, do you still hate drinking milk?
Edward
[kicks Hohenheim] WHO ARE YOU CALLING A MICRO-SIZED HALF-PINT WHO DIDN'T GROW UP BECAUSE HE DOESN'T DRINK MILK?!
WRWinry, Riza, and Sciezka
That's not what he said, Edward...
You were using this to hurt mom, weren't you?
Edward
Your mom? Wrath, you have a serious case of confusion you know.
I'm not confused Edward, I'm just taking away everything that was yours.
Edward
That creature in there isn't my mother either.
I think you are the one that is confused.
Edward
Hand it over.
[Flashback of what became Sloth after her birth.]
Edward
Stop trying to play this dumb mom card. You don't even have memories.
Yes I do. What Lust said was true. Maybe it is just your own feelings and wants etched into my being, but either way, I do have them.
Edward
You're lying, then why would you attack us?
To be free. These memories are the driving force in everything I do. Because they feel like chains, I remember being a mother with endless devotion, now I have none. It is a fraudulent persona that has been forced on me, and I don't have the energy to assume it. That's why I have to kill you, so I can prove this identity is false. Because no real mother would kill her own sons. As long as you children are alive, these memories will torment me, trying to make me into this human. They are at war with my real self. And they could win. In time, I might even come to love you two, and how could I allow that? I should always hate you for creating me.
Brother, what are we supposed to do with her?
Edward
It's like we both said, she is our responsibility.
The final proof is coming soon when you see how little I care.
Edward
I transmuted my automail into sodium just as it punctured her. The chemical reaction with her body made her explode.
Edward
Cut it out. She is nobody's mother. Face it Wrath, It is over.
You actually think I would die so easily? You don't understand me at all.
I want you to wait outside Wrath.
I won't, I never want to lose you again.
He fused himself with her--combined homunculi.
Edward
You shouldn't be so impulsive Wrath. Did you already forget about taking those remains into your body? And now that you are a part of her, she can't even move. And I can just take my time to recompose her into a different element.
What do you mean? Alchemy on a living structure? You don't know how to do that.
Edward
It is something I learned fighting Greed. I reworked his body's chemistry to create a weakness. And this wasn't like Kimblee's technique, where you just manipulate a few components in the blood. I altered the makeup of Greed's entire body. Homunculi are more malleable than humans, it is there strength and their demise.
Mommy? What did you do? I'll kill you if you hurt her.
Edward
Step away, that's may advice Wrath.
Edward
I've started a chain reaction that is transforming her liquid body into ethanol. She is going to evaporate, disappear into the air.
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