17 - Cold Flame

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    Beckoned now by the snow-white backdrop,
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    I go into a yet unseen world
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    Lost as I traveled
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    under a gray sky,
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    with a different map each day,
    so many dreams ran together
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    I wonder if someday,
    even with my modest stride,
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    I'll be able to get beyond those clouds
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    Falling raindrops provide
    a persistent diffuse reflection
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    as though able to see into my heart,
    wounded for acting tough
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    Beams of light crisscross
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    and shoot on forever without
    announcing where they're headed
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    Faint afterimages burn into my eyes
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    Wherever I am under this sky,
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    I should still arrive at a yet unseen world
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    This is the bullet that was
    used to kill General Hughes.
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    It's a .45 caliber. Only one bullet was used.
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    I'd like to say it was a good shot,
    but it was at point-blank range.
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    Close enough that even a
    woman could have done it.
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    What caliber is the gun that you use?
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    .45 caliber.
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    This is your ammunition resupply requisition.
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    Is that correct?
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    It says here that you fired
    one shot. What was it used for?
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    As it says on there, to protect
    Edward Elric at the 5th Laboratory.
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    The 5th Laboratory had been
    closed, and was unmanned.
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    It was not unmanned.
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    So you claim.
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    Shall I request that the bullet
    you say you fired be searched for?
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    The 5th Laboratory is now a pile of rubble,
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    because of a mysterious explosion.
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    So the location where you claim to
    have used your gun was unmanned,
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    and even if we were to search for the bullet,
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    it's under a pile of rubble;
    is that what you're saying?
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    We have eyewitness testimony
    that states that on that day,
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    at the time of the murder,
    you were spotted leaving the scene.
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    That's preposterous!
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    Calm down.
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    What were you doing at that time?
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    I had that day off, and I
    was at my parents' house.
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    Please, check with my parents.
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    The testimony of family and those
    with whom you are on close terms
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    is not admissible as an alibi!
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    Lieutenant Maria Ross is
    currently being questioned.
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    Not even her superior officer may see her.
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    I see.
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    Major Armstrong!
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    Sergeant Brosh...
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    You're here too, Major?
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    Mm-hmm. Is this about Lieutenant Ross?
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    Yes. The truth is...
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    The truth is, the lieutenant
    and I both fired a single shot
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    to defend the Elric brothers
    at the 5th Laboratory.
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    What?
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    I said so in my report, but it's being ignored.
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    Are they trying to frame up
    the lieutenant as the culprit?
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    When you look closely, you're all scratched up.
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    You're having a hard journey, huh?
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    Say, what are you going to do now?
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    Hey...
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    What are we going to do...?
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    Mama, don't cry.
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    What would you like us to do?
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    What?
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    It's just that you've never asked
    for advice about yourselves before.
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    Oh.
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    I was scared.
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    Ed and Al, you were fighting so
    long in such a dangerous place,
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    the one where Mr. Hughes got killed.
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    I got really scared when I thought about that.
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    I mean, you could die. Suddenly,
    you wouldn't be around me anymore.
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    Like Mom and Dad did.
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    I got really scared...
    when I thought about that.
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    To be honest, I wished you
    would give up your journey.
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    I do want you to get your original bodies back,
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    but I wish you'd give up
    your dangerous journey, too.
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    I mean...
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    ...then again...
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    Sorry.
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    I don't know what I want to do, either.
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    Winry, you're sure being nice.
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    Eh? W-W-What are you talking about?
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    --I'm always nice! What do you mean by that?
    --Ah! Stop! You're adding more scratches!
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    Here ya go.
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    Evening edition!
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    Oh, it's here, it's here!
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    What, the newspaper again?
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    I'm stuck hanging out with you all day.
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    This is about the only pleasure I get.
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    This is Lieutenant Falman,
    calling on an outside line.
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    Please connect me to Colonel Mustang.
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    Yes. My code is...
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    Man, what's all the hubbub?
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    ...Airam, George, Oliver, Four, Six, Four, Nine.
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    This is that chick from back then.
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    The Philosopher's Stone,
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    the people with the Uroboros marks...
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    Homunculi...
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    How do they...
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    Brother!
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    --Here.
    --Don't startle me like that.
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    The newspaper at the front desk...!
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    What?
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    What?!
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    "Lt. Maria Ross found to be the
    culprit in Gen. Hughes' murder"?!
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    I can't believe it!
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    The colonel or the major might
    know something about this.
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    What about Winry?
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    We'll explain later.
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    I don't like these.
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    Quit your complaining.
    They're like a collar for a mutt.
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    By the way, I have to ask you again,
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    are you really 15?
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    --That's right.
    --Get out of here!
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    It's the truth.
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    What's that?
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    --What's the matter?
    --There's an intruder! Give us a hand!
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    What?!
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    You behave yourself!
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    Okay!
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    Lame! Lame! Lame! Are you guys even trying?!
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    What's with this guy?!
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    Guns don't have any effect!
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    Move it! Why, you...!
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    Whoa!
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    "A ghost!!"
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    Man, it sucks not being allowed to cut anyone.
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    Hello there, man who guns
    don't have any effect on!
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    Let me out of here!
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    Who are you?
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    An illegal immigrant from Xing.
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    Oh, yeah? Nice going,
    coming here from a faraway land.
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    If you let me out, I'll help you.
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    I don't have time to bother with--
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    Where did you say you were from?
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    Xing, to the east.
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    Come with me.
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    Thanks.
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    What?
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    Hello, honey! I finally found you!
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    You were at the 5th Laboratory!
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    I'm so glad you remember me.
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    Every time I look at the hole you
    put in my right hand, I think of you,
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    chick who killed Hughes.
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    That's a misunderstanding!
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    Is it?
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    The papers say they found you to be the culprit.
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    That can't be...
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    As it stands, they're going
    to pin the guilt on you,
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    and you'll face a firing squad.
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    It's not true.
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    It's not true. If they would just
    do a proper investigation...
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    Choose. Stay here and be tortured
    to death, or run away with me.
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    It's one or the other!
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    This is terrible.
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    Don't I have any other choices?
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    It doesn't look like it.
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    Oh, man...
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    Mom, Dad, I'm sorry.
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    Okay, I'll run away. I'm running away, okay?
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    You just make sure you escort me,
    you big dumb armored bonehead!
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    Oh, you've got spunk.
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    A girl's gotta have nerve!
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    Yes... yes, as you wish.
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    Notify every zone in the city.
    Maria Ross has broken out.
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    She appears to be with a violent
    companion. Catch them at once.
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    If she resists...
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    ...they are free to shoot to kill.
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    How far are we going?!
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    Just keep running!
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    Lieutenant Ross?!
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    Edward! Alphonse!
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    Ah! You're that guy!
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    And even Ling is here!
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    Hey guys, what are you up to?
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    That's what I was about to ask you!
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    Hey! We don't have time for this!
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    Why, you!
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    Hey, sweetheart, take that back alley
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    and run directly to the warehouse district!
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    You'll be able to get away under
    the cover of that darkness!
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    Lieutenant Ross! Was Colonel Hughes...
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    Run! If the MPs show up, they'll shoot you!
[12:14] ---
    --Lieutenant Ross!
    --Stay back!
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    Lieutenant!
[12:17] ---
    Lieutenant Ross!
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    Maria Ross, right?
[12:43] ---
    --What?!
    --Oh, they got her.
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    Hey, wait!
[12:50] ---
    Whoa, watch out!
[12:52] ---
    --Let's go, closed-eyes!
    --Okie-dokie.
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    Hey! Ling! What are you doing
    together with that guy?!
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    I'll tell you later.
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    Aw, man!
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    Yo, Fullmetal.
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    What's going on here?
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    What's going on here, Colonel?!
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    Why?
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    Why is Colonel Hughes...?
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    Why did Lieutenant Ross...?
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    Why didn't you say anything?!
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    You would raise your hand
    to your superior officer?
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    Don't forget your place!
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    --No, Brother!
    --Let me go, Al!
[14:12] ---
    I said no!
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    This bastard killed Lieutenant Ross!
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    Lieutenant Ross?
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    What is the meaning of this, Colonel?!
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    There were orders to shoot
    the fugitive Maria Ross on sight.
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    --That's all.
    --That's all?!
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    I apologize for hiding Hughes' death from you.
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    But do not argue against orders.
    Do not ask for explanations.
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    Just follow them.
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    That's what it is to be a soldier!
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    Colonel Mustang...
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    Tell me what happened.
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    The message went out that if she resisted,
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    we were permitted to shoot to kill.
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    She resisted, so I killed her.
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    I understand the brigadier general
    was a good friend of yours.
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    Yeah.
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    He was a good guy.
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    I don't suppose it was one of your
    men who broke Lieutenant Ross out.
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    Me? Why?
[15:26] ---
    Why?
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    So you could burn her to death
    by your own hand, like that!
[15:36] ---
    I'd appreciate it if you
    avoided such speculation.
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    I truly am sorry for not telling
    you about General Hughes' death.
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    It's my fault.
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    Don't be so hard on yourself.
    It wasn't your fault.
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    You're all together, huh?
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    Dr. Knocs...
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    The damage is severe.
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    But judging from what little
    was left of the dental work,
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    I was able to conclude that this was Maria Ross.
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    It's an awful thing,
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    turning a beauty like her
    into charcoal like this.
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    You must have held quite a grudge,
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    Mr. Mustang.
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    You feel better, now that
    you've taken vengeance?
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    The hero of the Ishval war,
    going this far against a little girl.
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    It makes me sick.
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    Colonel, let me take this opportunity
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    to apologize for what one of my own men did.
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    To think that Lieutenant Ross
    could commit murder...
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    She was such a straightforward, earnest...
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    ...considerate...
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    Fatigue seems to be catching up with you, Major.
[17:27] ---
    You should take some leave.
[17:30] ---
    Back east, where I was. That's a nice place.
[17:34] ---
    There's no big-city hustle and bustle,
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    and best of all, there are
    lots of beautiful women.
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    And so, Mustang handily avenges his best friend,
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    and all's well that ends well.
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    Don't you think the ending is a little weak?
[17:57] ---
    The plan was supposed to get
    the colonel to behave himself.
[18:01] ---
    Who cares? The dog eating the
    bait works out pretty slick, too.
[18:07] ---
    Besides, it looks like we
    struck a little antagonism.
[18:10] ---
    There's no love lost between him
    and his subordinates, is there?
[18:15] ---
    What's that?
[18:16] ---
    A request for leave.
[18:18] ---
    At a time like this?
[18:20] ---
    Is it out of line?
[18:22] ---
    No, it's fine. Approved.
[18:25] ---
    Thank you very much.
[18:41] ---
    All right, you!
[18:43] ---
    Going out on your own like that...
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    What would the colonel say
    to me if you got found out?!
[18:47] ---
    Nobody saw me when I came back.
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    That's not the issue here!
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    You're just a poor soldier,
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    held captive by a heinous
    criminal, so it's all right.
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    Huh?
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    Yo! What are you up to out there?
[19:05] ---
    A signal fire.
[19:06] ---
    --A signal fire?
    --What were you thinking,
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    bringing someone you know
    nothing about back here?!
[19:12] ---
    Young Lord! We've been looking for you!
[19:14] ---
    Oh, that was fast.
[19:17] ---
    Now there's even more.
[19:23] ---
    Hey, Elizabeth, how are you?
[19:26] ---
    Thanks for calling me so much.
[19:28] ---
    Are you sure your scary
    adjutant won't get mad at you
[19:30] ---
    if you blow off too much work?
[19:32] ---
    That's okay, she's not in.
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    And I'm able to call you up
    like this because of it.
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    How about that?
[19:41] ---
    The moment the lieutenant
    goes on leave, he gets like this.
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    Man, she really is...
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    ...like his nanny, huh?
[19:50] ---
    That's right. I haven't had
    a day off since I got here,
[19:55] ---
    so I'm thinking about taking some leave soon.
[19:57] ---
    Oh. Are you going somewhere?
[20:00] ---
    Lately, I've been caught up in fishing.
[20:04] ---
    Care to come along?
[20:15] ---
    Yes? Who is it?
[20:24] ---
    What did you do that for, Major?!
[20:27] ---
    Edward Elric...
[20:32] ---
    Hmm, this is bad. You've broken your automail.
[20:36] ---
    Huh?!
[20:37] ---
    Hmm, this is a serious situation.
    We'll have to repair this at once.
[20:43] ---
    Allow me to escort you to Resembool.
[20:46] ---
    Er, uh...
[20:48] ---
    What's this?
[20:49] ---
    You're going home to Resembool?
[20:51] ---
    Oh, Al, listen to me...
[20:53] ---
    Alphonse Elric, you would stand out too much,
[20:57] ---
    so you remain in Central.
[20:59] ---
    --Right...
    --All right!
[21:00] ---
    Let's make arrangements for the train
    right away! Come along, Edward Elric.
[21:08] ---
    Cut it out already, Major.
[21:12] ---
    I can't do that. These are my orders, you see.
[21:17] ---
    From him...
[21:21] ---
    Yes... roger that.
[21:24] ---
    Major Armstrong and Edward Elric
    have gotten aboard the train.
[21:28] ---
    I see.
[21:32] ---
    Now, everyone is out of the way.
[21:41] ---
    I made contact with a witness who
    saw the man who stormed the lockup.
[21:46] ---
    And... this is a sketch of the culprit.
[21:49] ---
    Oh, he's still alive, then.
[21:52] ---
    Any link to the Flame Colonel?
[21:54] ---
    Who knows? I'd say the chances
    are pretty good, though.
[21:58] ---
    Where did he run to?
[22:00] ---
    Well, he ran away quickly,
    and he's good at hiding.
[22:04] ---
    In other words, you don't know. You're useless.
[22:07] ---
    Shut up, you old biddy! I was short of manpower.
[22:11] ---
    Manpower?
[22:14] ---
    You've got plenty of manpower right here.
[22:19] ---
    Come on, you're on, Barry the Chopper.
[22:27] ---
    Let it all out, Let it all out
[22:33] ---
    We don't have to act so brave
[22:38] ---
    The graffiti flower that someone
[22:44] ---
    was drawing on the wall trembles
[22:50] ---
    Nobody knows their own uniqueness
[22:55] ---
    Along the long, long road, there will be
    days where we lose things, find things,
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    become suddenly lonesome,
    and break down crying
[23:10] ---
    Let's turn the tears and pain into stars
[23:16] ---
    Let's light the lights that shine on tomorrow
[23:22] ---
    Holding up our little hands to them,
    let's make stardust together
[23:30] ---
    and a brightly shining eternity...
[23:32] ---
    The day may come when we say goodbye
[23:38] ---
    The seasons will still make their rounds
[23:44] ---
    Though I may wander a little, I'll still walk
[23:48] ---
    Still walk with you
[23:52] ---
    Let's make sure that much doesn't change
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    The whole truth is in Xerxes.
[24:04] ---
    The people who were left in
    the decayed, wiped-out city
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    wipe away the young boy's darkness.
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    Next time on Hagane no Renkinjutsushi:
    Fullmetal Alchemist,
[24:15] ---
    Episode 18:
    "The Arrogant Palm of a Small Human."
[24:22] ---
    Human, light the signal fire
    of the counterattack.