18 - The Arrogant Palm of a Small Human

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    Masshiro na keshiki ni ima sasowarete
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    Boku wa yuku yo mada minu sekai e
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    Maigo no mama tabi shiteita
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    nezumiiro no sora no shita
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    Higawari no chizu
    ikutsumo no yume ga nijinde ita
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    Itsuka wa sa chippoke na
    boku no kono hohaba demo
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    Ano kumo no mukou made yukeru kana
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    Tsuyogatte kizutsuita kokoro sukashita you ni
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    Furidashita amatsubutachi ga
    ranhansha kurikaesu
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    Massugu na hikari ga kousa shite
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    Yukusaki mo tsugenu mama
    dokomademo tsukinukeru
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    Awai zanzou ryoume ni yakitsukete
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    Kono sora no shita donna toko ni ite mo
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    Todoku hazu nanda mada minu sekai e
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    Resembool! This is Resembool!
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    What were the colonel's orders?
    Tell me already, Major.
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    I haven't heard all the details myself.
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    He just told me to bring you
    and rendezvous in Resembool.
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    Rendezvous? With who?
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    Hi there, Major Armstrong.
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    Yo, chief.
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    Lieutenant Breda?!
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    Brother...
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    ...should be at Resembool by now,
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    but he hasn't called.
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    And for starters, I'm here
    to do repairs, anyhow.
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    What with the Lieutenant Ross incident,
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    I don't know anything that's going on.
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    That's why I'm here to explain it.
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    W-When did you get here?!
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    For that matter, how did you get in?!
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    Through the window.
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    I mean, I am supposedly a criminal, and all.
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    "Illegal alien"
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    "as well as"
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    "lockup escapee"
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    Ah, you don't have to worry about Ed.
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    By now, he's probably...
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    It's so hot...
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    The colonel never said anything
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    about leaving the country, the bastard.
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    Mr. Han, is our destination much farther?
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    We're already here.
    You see? The ruins of Xerxes.
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    "Phew."
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    "I nearly got burned by my own automail."
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    Why is the kid with you?
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    That's kind of a long story.
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    Xerxes, huh? I'd read about it
    in "The Tale of the Eastern Sage."
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    The Eastern Sage?
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    Yeah. It's a fairy tale about the artist
    who brought alchemy to our land.
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    The legend goes that a survivor
    of the kingdom of Xerxes,
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    which perished overnight,
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    wandered into Amestris
    not long after it was founded,
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    and spread alchemy around.
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    In my land, we have a legend
    of a drifter from the west.
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    The art that he shared was
    mixed with the art of Xing,
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    and it apparently became
    the alkahestry we have today.
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    You mean, that business that was
    developed for the medical field?
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    Mm-hmm. We hold him in
    reverence, and refer to him as...
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    "The Western Sage."
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    Are you saying that this is
    where the sage came from?
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    So it is said.
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    I wanted to see the ruins of Xerxes.
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    I see, so that's why.
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    But if the art they had was so great,
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    how is it that they perished overnight?
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    Perhaps it is just a legend.
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    What are you doing?! This way!
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    We're going quite a ways in, huh?
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    Edward!
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    Back east, where I was. That's a nice place.
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    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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    Damn that colonel!
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    Lieutenant Ross!
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    Come! Give us a reunion hug!
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    That's okay!
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    If we keep a dead person in the country,
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    there's no telling when she might be found out,
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    so he sent her out of the country.
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    Then, the colonel knew that
    Lieutenant Ross is innocent?
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    You think these actions might be too showy, sir?
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    You think so, too?
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    Yeah. Perp-walking her
    in front of all those people,
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    and playing up the killing of
    a fellow officer in the papers,
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    something that brings
    disgrace upon the military...
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    It's me.
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    There's a call for you on a public
    line from Warrant Officer Falman.
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    Put him through.
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    Colonel, about the General Hughes murder case...
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    Hey, Falman, let me have the phone for a sec!
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    Barry?!
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    Yo, Mr. Mustang! Seen the papers?
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    There's an interesting story in there.
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    Oh, hey, Bunny! I'm not
    supposed to take personal calls!
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    I'll call you back from outside!
    Wait just a minute!
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    What? Is this for real?
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    Yeah. The bullet the lieutenant
    fired was when she shot me.
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    I still have the hole in my
    right hand from when I was shot.
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    Maybe we should go on the offensive.
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    Barry, it's been so long,
    how would you like to cut loose again?
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    Roger. I won't kill nobody.
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    Roadway number 2 into
    the warehouse district, right?
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    Breda, get this together for me, on the double.
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    Pork bone and meat, carbon, ammonia...
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    What is this?
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    I'm going to whip up a burned-out corpse.
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    H-Human transmutation?!
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    Don't be ridiculous. At best,
    it's just a burned body.
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    But once the coroner sees it...
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    I'll make it so charred,
    they can't make an identification.
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    What if they check against dental records?
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    I'm way ahead of you.
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    Can you pull it off?
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    I'm no expert, but I do have
    my share of knowledge.
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    Making burned corpses is my specialty.
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    Hurry.
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    Maria Ross, right?
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    It's a dummy.
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    You're going to die here, tonight.
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    Don't just stand there!
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    Yo, Fullmetal.
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    What's going on here, Colonel?!
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    Huh? Chief Fullmetal?
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    Uh-oh, we didn't plan on this.
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    Edward...
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    Now, now, the colonel will
    come up with something.
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    Let's go.
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    Right.
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    When Madam Ross was broken out,
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    the Young Lord and Barry struck a deal.
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    The orders I have from the Young Lord
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    are to take this woman to the east.
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    So we promised to rendezvous here,
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    and allowed Lieutenant Ross to escape.
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    I see.
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    I don't like it.
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    That bastard colonel put one over on us, right?
[09:47] ---
    Rather than telling you,
    you'd be more readily convinced
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    if you actually saw Lieutenant Ross, right?
[09:53] ---
    All right, all right.
    The colonel was right this time.
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    Speaking of the colonel...
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    He also said having a
    hot-tempered kid hanging around
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    would interfere with the operation.
[10:07] ---
    Damn that colonel!
[10:09] ---
    Operation? Is there more to it
    than just rescuing Lieutenant Ross?
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    Yes. He's thinking of
    reeling in the string-puller
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    that's been haunting the military.
[10:19] ---
    Next time I see him...
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    Reeling in?
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    Barry, who holds the secret
    to the 5th Laboratory,
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    went on quite a bold rampage.
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    They're sure to be coming to hush him up.
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    So that's what happened.
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    By any chance, was Ed taken away
    just to get him out of his hair?
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    That's right.
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    So, I helped out in exchange for having
    Barry tell me the secret of his body.
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    But then...
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    The researchers who gave me
    this body are all dead now,
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    so I couldn't tell you.
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    Eh?! That's no fair!
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    I know. That Alphonse guy
    has a body similar to mine.
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    Why don't you ask him?
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    So that's why I've decided to ask you.
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    I was promised, so if you'd be so kind...
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    Um, I didn't have anything
    to do with that promise.
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    I really didn't have
    anything to do with it, huh?
[11:28] ---
    How did I get caught up in
    Philosopher's Stones, Homunculi, and such?
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    We now have quite a bit of
    intelligence gathered together.
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    If we can figure out the story
    behind the general's murder,
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    the situation will change, too.
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    We are going to clear you
    of this false accusation!
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    Col-- General Hughes...
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    ...really is dead, huh?
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    What are you going to do now?
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    Keep moving forward,
    in some way that you can accept.
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    There are those who worked with me,
    even when I committed the taboo.
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    Those who get angry at me, and support me.
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    There's my brother, who I promised
    to return back to his body.
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    And I can't turn back.
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    So I guess all I can do is move forward, right?
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    Some way that I won't lose anyone.
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    If it looks like someone might
    become a victim, I'll protect them!
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    Sure, it may be difficult.
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    It's all I can do just to take care of myself.
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    Maybe it's arrogant to
    think I can protect others.
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    But I can't think of anything else right now.
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    So I'm going to move forward!
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    Lieutenant Ross, what are you going to do now?
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    Sir, I'm thinking of going to the land of Xing.
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    Shall I at least tell your parents?
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    No. If, by any chance, my parents
    let it slip that I'm still alive,
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    it could do irreparable harm.
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    I see.
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    Major Armstrong, Lieutenant Breda...
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    Please tell Colonel Mustang that
    I am grateful to him for saving me,
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    and, if there's ever an
    emergency, to please call me back.
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    When he does, I will put my life
    on the line to go to work for him.
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    Take care, Edward.
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    I never got to get you back for slapping me.
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    Maybe next time.
[14:24] ---
    Yeah, maybe next time.
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    You've got some good friends there.
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    Mr. Fu, what kind of country is Xing?
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    It's a fine country, tolerant of others,
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    with an abundance of people
    and food. You can rest at ease.
[14:43] ---
    So I can imagine that once we cross this desert,
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    it will be a paradise?
[14:48] ---
    Mm-hmm. However, the desert is quite oppressive.
[14:54] ---
    Watch yourself.
[14:57] ---
    From here on, don't go wasting your fluids so.
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    I'll come by your shop sometime tomorrow.
[15:06] ---
    What would you like as a present, Elizabeth?
[15:09] ---
    Uh... oh, I'm sorry, Roy.
    Kate, we have a customer.
[15:14] ---
    Would you call Jacqueline for me?
[15:17] ---
    Jacqueline, we have a customer.
[15:20] ---
    Copy.
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    Hold on!
[15:34] ---
    Barry?!
[15:35] ---
    Take it easy, Falman. Don't kill this one.
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    That smell of tobacco-- Lieutenant Havoc?
[15:58] ---
    Look, you! Why do you think I'm wearing a mask?!
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    This is why I can't stand guys
    who aren't used to field work!
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    S-Sorry about that!
[16:06] ---
    It just means that you've
    been dragged into this.
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    Don't do anything.
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    You never know where those military
    folks may be watching us from.
[16:17] ---
    You're...
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    --We're going outside!
    --Y-Yeah.
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    But the enemy may be outside!
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    Outside is all right!
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    Aw, crap!
[16:45] ---
    Lieutenant!
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    Don't worry. We've got
    the hawk's eyes on our side.
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    I heard a loud noise. What happened?
[17:04] ---
    It's all right.
[17:06] ---
    One of the customers was
    getting naughty with Jacqueline,
[17:09] ---
    so I just smacked him a little bit.
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    My, my...
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    You're pretty harsh, Elizabeth.
[17:16] ---
    All right, don't move.
[17:18] ---
    There's a few things I want to ask you--
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    Hey, does this guy even know what I'm saying?
[17:23] ---
    Hey, you're kidding me! This guy is...
[17:27] ---
    It's my body!
[17:30] ---
    What? How do you mean?!
[17:32] ---
    Those guys dumped the soul of a
    lab rat or something into my body!
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    My body is here to get back its soul!
[17:43] ---
    This takes me back!
[17:44] ---
    It's the first time I've seen him
    since my soul got yanked out of him!
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    A transmutation circle?
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    It's a lot like the one that was
    in the 5th Laboratory, but...
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    A two-headed dragon...
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    The sun...
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    Ah, dammit! I can't tell,
    the top portion is missing!
[18:13] ---
    You want something?
    I'll tell you right now, I've got no money.
[18:18] ---
    An Ishvalan?
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    Young man, would you mind being our hostage,
[18:29] ---
    so we can take back our
    holy land from the State Military?
[18:33] ---
    There's no way the military will
    take action over a single kid like me.
[18:37] ---
    It was the death of a single child
    that triggered the civil war.
[18:42] ---
    You never know what will be
    the catalyst that changes history.
[18:46] ---
    Stop it. This is a disgrace.
[18:51] ---
    Madam Shan!
[18:53] ---
    You fool. Are you trying to bring
    shame on the name of Ishvala?
[18:59] ---
    Let him go. He won't attack you again.
[19:08] ---
    Why did you come to my aid?
[19:10] ---
    I thought you guys hate Amestrisians, don't you?
[19:13] ---
    Because I know that not
    all Amestrisians are bad.
[19:20] ---
    Madam Shan and I were
    saved by Amestrisian doctors
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    when we were severely
    injured during the civil war.
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    To be honest, I do hate you,
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    but it's thanks to that doctor
    couple that I'm still alive today.
[19:35] ---
    Couple? They wouldn't happen to
    have been named Rockbell, would they?
[19:43] ---
    You're a friend of Dr. Rockbell?
[19:45] ---
    Y-Yeah.
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    The doctor saved the lives
    of many of us Ishvalans.
[19:53] ---
    No kidding...
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    Aunt and Uncle Rockbell...
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    When the fighting became
    severe, they stayed with us.
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    How did they... meet their end?
[20:13] ---
    The two of them were killed,
[20:17] ---
    by an Ishvalan patient they'd helped.
[20:21] ---
    Oh, no...
[20:24] ---
    I'm sorry.
[20:29] ---
    We were unable to stop it.
[20:32] ---
    Who was it that did it?!
[20:35] ---
    I don't know his face,
[20:38] ---
    but he was an Ishvalan monk,
    who had a tattoo on his right arm.
[20:50] ---
    If you get the chance,
[20:52] ---
    would you deliver something to
    the grave of the Rockbell couple?
[20:57] ---
    Our gratitude and our apologies.
[21:18] ---
    This is fantastic!
    You hardly ever get the chance
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    to carve up your own body as much as you want!
[21:25] ---
    You just told me not to kill him, didn't you?!
[21:29] ---
    To hell with the operation now!
[21:31] ---
    My soul is all abuzz! I want to slice him up!
[21:36] ---
    No! And wouldn't you normally want
    to go back into your original body?
[21:42] ---
    That body ain't gonna hold out much longer.
[21:45] ---
    Oh, it's rotting, huh?
[21:48] ---
    Ah, I can't take it anymore! I'm cutting him!
[21:51] ---
    Whatever I do with my own body is up to me!
[21:54] ---
    I told you, no!
[21:57] ---
    --What's the matter?
    --Some kind of argument?
[21:59] ---
    Sounds like one of the
    customers is making trouble.
[22:02] ---
    Uh-oh. I'll have to call you back.
[22:06] ---
    I've got a customer of my own.
[22:27] ---
    Let it all out, Let it all out
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    Tsuyogaranakute ii n da ne
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    Dareka ga kaite'tta
[22:44] ---
    kabe no rakugaki no hana ga yureru
[22:50] ---
    Jibunrashisa nante, dare mo wakaranai yo
[22:55] ---
    Nagai nagai michi no tochuu
    de nakushitari, hirottari,
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    Kyuu ni samishiku natte,
    naichau hi mo aru kedo
[23:10] ---
    Namida mo itami mo, hoshi ni kaeyou
[23:16] ---
    Ashita wo terasu akari wo tomosou
[23:22] ---
    Chiisana te kazashite
    futari de tsukurou hoshikuzu wo
[23:30] ---
    Tsuyoku hikaru eien wo...
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    Sayonara itsuka wa kuru ka mo shirenu
[23:38] ---
    Kisetsu wa sore demo meguri megutte'ku
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    Chiisaku mayotte mo aruite'ku
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    Kimi to aruite'ku
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    Sore dake wa kawaranaide iyou ne
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    She is a strong, proud woman.
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    A beauty, admired by her colleagues.
[24:06] ---
    But the weapon that pierces
    through her foes loses its strength,
[24:09] ---
    and the flame of her life goes up in smoke.
[24:13] ---
    Next time on Hagane no Renkinjutsushi:
    Fullmetal Alchemist,
[24:17] ---
    Episode 19: "Death of the Undying."
[24:21] ---
    The contortions of agony are
    what are wrought by memories.