I once executed two people, two doctors. "There are no sides, just patients." That's what they said as they treated our fallen enemies in Ishbal. But the people they were healing would just rise up again to fight us. The military asked them to stop, but they wouldn't. And their makeshift hospital was becoming a den for insurgents. I got my orders in the morning, and I shot them that night. After that I tried to kill myself, but I was too much of a coward. So I took an oath instead: to never follow unreasonable commands again, to reach a position where I wouldn't have to follow them, and I stayed true to that. I'm not chasing you because I was commanded to. I'm doing it because I'm pissed. Now why the hell did you two run away without asking for my help first?!
S1 E15Unfinished Business
You know running makes you look guilty.
Ed, Al!
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.
Then I'm a stray.
Really? Then maybe we'll just have to put you down.
They start out as innocent children, but over time their powers corrupt them.
Edward. So, do you still hate drinking milk?
[kicks Hohenheim] WHO ARE YOU CALLING A MICRO-SIZED HALF-PINT WHO DIDN'T GROW UP BECAUSE HE DOESN'T DRINK MILK?!
That's not what he said, Edward...
"I hate his smell. I still remember it from when I was a little kid. When Al was born, dad left the house to do some kind of research... At least that's what mom said. But we never got any letters... so eventually, I caught on. I could still smell that scent all over the house when he was gone... It never completely went away."
You can't trust anyone who lives that long.
"By looking at your body... I can guess that --"
"There's not much to tell... We failed a transmutation and I lost my arm and leg... Al lost his body. That's all."
"But Edward, Alchemy isn't something --"
"Shut up! You just can't show up here and start acting like a father. Not when we had to watch mom die without you. C'mon, Al."
"So that's it ... Hughes must have figured out that much ... And that's why they killed him."
"I'll kill that bastard with my own hands!"
"Wait, Ed! What's wrong?" [Grabs Ed's arm to keep him from leaving]
"Let me go!"
"It happened right after we left Central?"
"Those millitary jackasses didn't tell us [Looks at Winry] Did you know?!"
"I'm sorry ... I've known about it for a little while now, Edward."
"There's nothing you can do! Come back downstairs!"
"You've got to be kidding me! If Hughes got killed, then it was our fault for putting him in that situation. He was ... our friend."
"When are you gonna grow up?! Colonel Mustang didn't keep you in the dark out of malice, you morons. I've heard about this Hughes guy ... It sounds like he was a great man. But Mustang doesn't want you to be driven by thoughts of revenge. He wants you to realize that there are more important things in life. I bet your friend, Hughes, would have agreed."
"Yeah, but ..."
"I was ... I was wrong about him all that time. I thought the Colonel didn't care about Hughes at all -- that he was out for himself. But what ... but what if he ..."
"He's determined to become a great man ... Because he promised Hughes he would."
"So he forces himself to search for the right path. Not to be taken in by thoughts of revenge. He's an adult to look up to."
"And why not revenge?! When someone close to you is killed, and you know who's behind it ... How can there be anything more important to you than revenge? If that's being an adult ... then I'm never growing up!"
"You grew up when you made the decision to become a dog of the military."
"That bastard ... From now on I hate him."
Dante, I want you to stop using my sons as pawns for your malicious games. In exchange for that promise, I'll tell you why your new body is rotting too.
Heh, perhaps but it's been centuries since our last meeting, Hohenheim. We'll have plenty of time to talk later. Right now, why don't you help me enjoy this new body? [licks her arm]
Sorry, But I have a wife.
So? I was married as well wasn't I? Again, and again, and again, and again. After all, if I stayed with one of them, he'd have noticed my slowly aging body and our secret would be out.
Thats where we're different. Trisha was my first and my last. The only woman I ever really loved.
How odd. 400 years ago, when we first met, back when I was still an innocent...you whispered words of love to me. Or do my memories deceive me?
No, they don't.
On that day, 400 years ago... [goes to flashback, which Dante is narrating] ...we had finally achieved our goal. By using the lives those sentenced to hang during the witch hunts, and those who were dying of the plague. By repeating our experiments relentlessly, despite countless failures. We finally grasped it, the Philosopher's Stone. But the demands of the transmutation took its toll on you. You were dying. Out of sheer impulse, I attached your soul to the body of another man. And it was then, that we discovered eternal life. [end flashback]
So by using the Philosopler's Stone, you transplanted your souls again and again?
Yes, thats right.
Why did you have us find someone to make the stone if you already had one?!
After Hohenheim of Light left my side, I needed a new stone. And I didn't know how to make one on my own. That's why. [to Hohenheim] Tell me, why did you leave? Wasn't eternal life enough for you?
Dante, there is no such thing as eternal life.
[sees Sloth, flashbacks to life with Trisha, Edward and Alphonse] You should have told me... Our sons... You should've told me what they attempted when I came back... No... No, I think I knew, I just...didn't want to believe... Trisha... I love you. I always will...
[carrying Rose's child] I've been doing some research since you've been gone, trying to learn more about the Gate that is the source of all our alchemic power. I've discovered some fascinating things, Hohenheim. Would you like to know what lies beyond the Gate? You can't tell me you haven't been just a little bit curious. [child begins crying] Did you know a part of the Gate is actually within all of us? As our consciousness matures and we grow more attached to this world, we lose our awareness of it, but by using someone who's link is still strong, like a baby, the Gate can be summoned. [places hand on Hohenheim's cheek] I'm going to show you, my darling. See for yourself, just what is beyond the Gate. [throws baby in the air, transmutation circle on the child glows, Hohenheim stands before the gate]
[as Gate opens] Trisha...our boys will be fine... They're yours after all...and mine. [is pulled into the Gate]
[seeing Ed, who is in disguise and was previously on stilts] Hey, weren't you tall a second ago?
I was hoping you'd be happy for me.
Do not expect me to coddle you, Izumi, I haven't the talent.
I'm leaving you and this forest... I'm going to live in the city, among the people who need me.
If approval is what you're looking for, then you might as well enlist and become a state alchemist. I heard they praise their dogs well in the military.
Tell me something.
I think you should go now.
Did you ever... Did you ever love anyone other than yourself, Dante?
Why should I love any human being? They are all ignorant, egoistical things beyond redemption. Once they learned how to use gun powder, they thought only about waging war. If they ever understood the secrets of alchemy, what a horrible tragedy that would be.
DON'T FORGET THAT I AM A HUMAN BEING, DANTE, AND THAT YOU ARE TOO!!
(Dante sits there smile on her face; flash back ends)
[Roy takes Fuery's glasses off and places them on a surprised Lieutenant Hawkeye. He cocks his head and smirks at her.]
Not bad at all.
(dryly) That's very funny, sir.
"Wait! Wait a minute! I didn't promise you anything ya know."
"Why?"
"I'm the one who should be asking why. Why do you want to be human? You guys are immortal, aren't you? And you don't even age at all from what I can tell. You can't be hurt and you have powers no human being can ever top. So why should I believe you when you say you wanna give all that up?"
"You don't know how cruel you're being, do you? All right, why do you want your brother to return to the flesh? He's practically immortal too now. It's the same thing, Edward."
"Hold it! The person you were talking about, the one you call 'Master'... Just tell me one thing... Is it somebody that I know?"
"You know something... If you make me human, I just might answer that question."
"Hey! Don't forget... I still have your weakness ya know. [Referring to the locket that contains Lust's human remains.]
"No, Edward... I won't forget about that."
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