Equivalent Exchange: Episode 3--Crimson Eternal

[Rystil Arden]

"If you'd like to wait here, you may sir. What of your friends?"

 

[Dire Lemming]

Al looks up at the others.

 

[unleashed]

“Oh, I’ll wait with you Al,” Rose says with a smile as she sits next to Al, before adding softly so that only he can hear, “Perhaps you can fill me in on what you found in the library while we wait.”

 

[Raylis]

Elysia rolls her eyes, "You're not going to stay in a hotel Alphonse Elric, you and Rose are going to stay with my mom and I" she says the same way Winry did when the matter was settled and there was no room for discussion "You can tell me what Winry's been doing and when she plans to come visit.

 

[Dire Lemming]

Alphonse is taken by surprise by Elysia's insistence, but still puts up a token resistance on reflex. "Oh, you don't have to do that Elysia, I don't want to impose..." He trails off as he realizes that any resistance is futile. He is going to stay there, and he is going to enjoy Gracia's wonderful home cooking. And no protests about not wanting to trouble his hostess' will change that...

 

[stonegod]

Al was about as stubborn as his brother, whether he remembered it or not. And the military seemed to have forgotten about her entirely, for her statement was still untaken. But if she was right about why the office needed cleaning, the contents of her statement were not really needed, were they?

"Perhaps a visit with your friends would allow you to think about what you have found from a new angle." There was not way she was going to get Al to talk here; too many ears.

 

[Dire Lemming]

Al glances at Laura and answers in a quiet voice so as not to attract too much attention, "I don't know... I'm pretty sure about this, as far as I can be. All the evidence leads back to it. Like Private Bradley said, there was already a... body. So he must have used both the chimera's body and his own... as an exchange to transfer Miller's soul to the new body... it was a human transmutation without the philosopher's stone... And then maybe there was something more." Alphonse pauses thoughtfully, looking at nothing.

"There... must have been a reason he'd go so far... Even after having his soul transfered to armor. Maybe he knew her from before." He smiles slightly, and looks back at Laura, "Wow Miss Laura, just talking to you helped me see something I hadn't thought of before."

 

[unleashed]

Elysia rolls her eyes, "You're not going to stay in a hotel Alphonse Elric, you and Rose are going to stay with my mom and I" she says the same way Winry did when the matter was settled and there was no room for discussion "You can tell me what Winry's been doing and when she plans to come visit.

Alphonse is taken by surprise by Elysia's insistence, but still puts up a token resistance on reflex. "Oh, you don't have to do that Elysia, I don't want to impose..." He trails off as he realizes that any resistance is futile. He is going to stay there, and he is going to enjoy Gracia's wonderful home cooking. And no protests about not wanting to trouble his hostess' will change that...

Rose smiles as Al trails off, recognising the token protest for what it is, “We’d be more than pleased to accept the hospitality you’ve offered, Elysia.”

 

[Raylis]

Elysia beams at Rose, "Good. I know mom will be glad to see you."

 

[stonegod]

Laura sighs. "I am sure you will all enjoy yourselves," she says, her patience apparently running a little thin. "If you are not going to 'debrief' me, then I have no further need to be here. Of course, if any want my alchemical expertise, they can call on me later."

She wanted to know more, but the boy Al was not speaking yet, trapped in 'need' for reassurance. There were some vital things waiting for her at Laboratory Five....