# 33 - The Northern Wall of Briggs
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*I can't keep focused, my body's still wavering*
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*Trembling like I am, my control is shaky*
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*Both the sun and my luck
have turned the other way,*
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*but I whispered "I've gotta do it,"
to convince myself*
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*The situation is bad, but I've
got no guts if I just run away*
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*Nothing to look forward to, but I
gotta have the grit to get past this*
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*Gotta control my impulses and
judge the distance to the target*
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*What I need is the pride to win*
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*Will I taste sweet victory, or bitter defeat?*
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*Yeah, it's all one or the other*
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*Wish I could control the threads of fate*
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*Take this perfect golden time tightly in hand*
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*I'll go at this with the best
poker face I can muster*
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*Dragged into a world of illusion*
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*Slipping out of a boundless pressure game,*
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*what does it take to leap
across the glorious borderline?*
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*How much will it cost me?*
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*What is it I don't want to let go of?*
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*Ed and Al, who are searching for May,*
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*the young girl from the country of Xing,*
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*in order to find out the secrets of alkahestry,*
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*obtain information that she is headed north.*
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*Meanwhile, Scar has left Central
and was headed west,*
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*with the Crimson Alchemist, Kimblee, in pursuit.*
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*However, under the cover of night,
Scar has suddenly gone into hiding.*
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If he was going to jump from the train,
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he'd do it around here,
where there are lots of curves.
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The engine would have to slow down, after all.
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The question is, which way
did he head from here?
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Any word on any Scar sightings?
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Nothing definite.
**[02:19] ---**
That is odd. All the way here,
he made a big show of his movements.
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I have something to report, sir.
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There was a small boat stolen from along a river
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about 200 meters to the south.
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Was it Scar?
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There aren't any eyewitness reports as of yet.
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--Look into it!
--Yes, sir!
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I have something to report!
An old man who lives nearby
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spotted a suspicious pair of men headed west.
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Now he's headed west?
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Take some soldiers at once,
and detain those two!
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Yes, sir!
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Is something the matter?
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No, it's just...
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...there is a mountain road
heading north on this map.
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What is this, here?
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It was a logging road through to the North Area,
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but there were too many rockslides,
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and it is currently closed to any traffic.
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Is there something about it?
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There are several other places further on
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where giant rockslides have
closed the road, like they have here.
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The water's flow has been altered here.
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So it would seem. Does that mean something?
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To an alchemist skilled in destruction,
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clearing an obstacle of
this size is a simple matter.
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--Sir?
--As is destroying the mountain face
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to once again block the road with a rockslide.
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Transmutation marks?
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Send the soldiers north.
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Snow!
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Brother!
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Geez, Brother, you're so unbalanced.
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Shut up! I just slipped a little, that's all!
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Still, all this snow is amazing, huh?
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Yeah. You barely ever see this in Resembool.
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Hey, yeah, Al! Do you remember that
heavy snow we had in Resembool
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when we were little?
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Heavy snow...
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I remember, I remember!
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We all had a snowball fight!
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And we made a snowman, too.
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Uh-huh!
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When I was little,
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I had no idea we would ever come this far north.
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Yeah, and here we are.
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So, what do we do?
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There's still some time before
the train to Briggs leaves.
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Go have something tasty to eat.
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I'm not really that hungry.
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Let's go have a look anyhow.
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You're going to fall again if you run!
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Oh, shut up!
**[06:02] ---**
--Attention, all North Area units,
--Yeah, the express still hadn't arrived
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--descriptions of Scar are
in document number 263-B.
--as of three hours ago.
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Any new information?
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We are searching as fast as
we can, but unfortunately, no.
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A man fitting Scar's description
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was seen at the switchyard
one station ahead of us!
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You're sure about this?
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Positive. He was spotted
getting aboard a military train
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that is bound for Briggs.
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Was there anyone with him?
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A middle-aged man with
black hair, just like in the report.
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I will have the train stopped at once.
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That will not be necessary.
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We can't have him jumping
from the train again, after all.
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Now then...
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From here on, the job is mine.
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See that you people stay out of my way.
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Get some sleep now.
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You won't be able to sleep in the
northern cold, even if you want to.
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I'm jumping over. Please match our speeds.
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Roger!
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Doctor Marcoh...
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I have come to get you.
You cannot run any longer.
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Are you alone? Where is Scar?
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You don't know when to give up.
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I told you, you cannot get away, Doctor Mar--
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Who are you?
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You're the Ishvalan I've heard
so much about, are you?
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How am I supposed to stick
around with those monsters?!
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If I'm going to jump, now's the time!
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I can't!
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Solf J. Kimblee, the Crimson Alchemist...
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Do you remember me?
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Yes, I remember you well. You were
in the Kanda District of Ishval.
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Was that your family who
was around you back then?
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There was a fellow there who looked
just like you, wearing glasses.
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He was losing a great deal
of blood from his left side,
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and appeared to be in terrible agony.
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*This is bad. I've just
barely gotten out of jail,*
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*and my movements are still rusty,*
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*while he has been fighting continuously,*
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*even after the end of the civil war.*
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*Physically, I am at a disadvantage.*
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*But, since all he can do is destroy...*
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His left side, right?
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I won't give you any time to pray to God.
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It's... a shame...
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That's twice now that I've failed
to stop the same Ishvalan...
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It is deeply humiliating that
I would have to run away.
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We will settle this next time,
for sure, Ishvalan!
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Kimblee!!
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Dammit, I can't see! What was
that sound a moment ago?!
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The rear cars are gone!
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This is bad! The military
gave us orders not to stop!
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It's no use! If we derail,
the question of liability will be on us!
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H-Hey!
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What happened to you?! Hey!
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Who said... you could stop...?
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Huh?
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Keep us going! Head north!
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Yes, good... death is closing in.
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Those who forge death
are also pursued by death.
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They are always side-by-side with death.
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It is the work that puts the soul
at risk that possesses beauty.
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What worth there is in performing it...
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...on my battlefield...!
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I wonder if Mr. Scar and Mr. Yoki are all right.
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Judging by the fact that
no one has come after us,
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they seem to have been successful
in drawing the MPs' attention.
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I do hope they are safe.
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Mr. Marcoh?
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It's nothing.
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The northern wind is bracing
against my still-healing skin.
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I'm sorry.
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I wish I could have healed
your face so that it looked better.
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No, this is the face that fits me.
I am content with it.
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May, look at that.
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The Briggs mountain range.
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These mountains mark the border
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with the large country of Drachma, to the north.
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We should be getting close to
the location that Scar showed us.
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Let's see...
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It's right over there.
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Eh? They left the hotel?
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Yes, they left yesterday.
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Do you know where they went?
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As I recall, they said they were going north.
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They did? Thank you very much.
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That dummy!
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What's the matter? Are the brothers doing well?
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They said they were heading north from there.
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Oh, my, well then...
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...they're gonna die.
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Brother, are you catching cold?
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Ooh, I'm so cold. That's Briggs for you.
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We're here, boys!
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If you follow this mountain road,
you'll get to Fort Briggs.
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Thanks.
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Oh, and you there...
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Yes, you. Is that automail?
**[15:36] ---**
No.
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Oh, okay. In that case, you're all right.
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--What was that about?
--Beats me.
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Beyond that fence is military property,
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so if you leave the road, you'll end up dead.
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Huh?
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--Ready to go?
--Mm-hmm.
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They say that the weather in
the mountains is highly variable,
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but I didn't think it changed this quickly.
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What do we do, Brother?
We've completely lost sight of the road.
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Relax. Our teacher, Izumi,
said that she got tossed out here
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at Briggs Mountain for a whole
month during her training period,
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and she made it out alive.
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No way!
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There's no way she could have
survived in this for a whole month!
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But she said she killed some bears!
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When the bears around Briggs rear up,
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they're taller than two meters!
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There's no way she could have killed them!
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A bear!
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That's no bear!
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Al!
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Hey, wait! That's a military uniform, isn't it?
**[17:08] ---**
Hmm? You have automail, too? The ordinary sort.
**[17:13] ---**
Eh? What about you? You've got
that tacky-looking thing on!
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You're a fool not to see the
beauty of this mechanism!
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The Combat Automail M1913-A Crocodile!
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Surrender peacefully,
unless you want to get torn to pieces,
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you miserable Drachman spy!
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Spy?! What are you talking about?! I'm--
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Why, you...!
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Don't you hear me, you big lunk?!
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Why does that hurt like that?
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I can't move my automail very well!
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Gotcha!
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Brother!
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You bastard!
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Listen to what I'm telling you!
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You're still resisting me?!
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You're kidding!
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Wait! Wait! Wait! Wait! Wait!
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Your good-for-nothing automail is all mine!
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Why, you... It's your arm...
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...that's *mine*!
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Did you do something?
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Whoa, hold on, hold on,
hold on, hold on, hold on!
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Why didn't my alchemy work?! Isn't this iron?!
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Brother!
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Thank you, Al!
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--Are you okay?!
--Why, you...!
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I won't get to die in the snow,
because Winry is gonna kill me first!
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Not bad, kid. You did pretty
well with normal automail.
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But it ends now.
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The Briggs Mountain Guard?!
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Hey, are we getting guns
stuck in our faces again?
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Brother!
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A wall?
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What's going on here, Captain Buccaneer?!
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I am terribly sorry for the disturbance,
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General Armstrong, sir!
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Armstrong...?
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That's who Major Armstrong
said he would introduce to us?
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Olivier Mira Armstrong--
Major Armstrong's older sister?!
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But...
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*She doesn't look like him.*
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*She's not huge.*
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Who are you?
**[19:52] ---**
The Fullmetal Alchemist, Edward Elric!
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I am here by referral of
Major Armstrong, of Central,
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to meet the general in charge here!
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But first, I would like you
to call off your guard!
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Frisk them.
**[20:06] ---**
Hey! I'm not a shady character!
**[20:09] ---**
I don't know that. Anyone can
claim to be someone famous.
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Whoa, he's hollow!
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Why, you...!
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What's this?
**[20:21] ---**
General!
**[20:23] ---**
That's a letter of introduction
from Major Alex Louis Armstrong!
**[20:27] ---**
If you will read that, you will
see that you can trust us!
**[20:32] ---**
Hmm, this is from Alex, all right.
**[20:37] ---**
Wha--?
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You're not going to read it?!
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Letters of introduction are meaningless to me.
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I don't care about anyone else's appraisals.
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I judge people with my own eyes.
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A-Awesome!
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It's huge! What is this?!
**[21:12] ---**
Enter, Fullmetal Alchemist.
**[21:15] ---**
Awesome! It's so tall! And huge!
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Start walking already, dirtbags,
**[21:21] ---**
before I yank out that
antenna on top of your head!
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I'll warn you upfront, I'm not
going to treat you like children.
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This is the mountain fortress, Briggs.
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It's a world of survival of the fittest.
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*However much we may wander,
I want to meet up here again*
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*Hold my hand, so we don't get separated*
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*We talked until the sun came up*
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*and held hands until the sun went down again*
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*Let's keep walking together like this tomorrow,
and the day after, in light and shadow*
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*In this city of lonely gazes*
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*where I couldn't find any warmth alone,*
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*I first found out that love*
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*could provide such strength when I met you*
**[22:32] ---**
*However much we may wander,
I want to meet up here again*
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*Hold my hand, so we don't get separated*
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*I can't sleep alone, because I can't dream*
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*Let's keep lighting up the starless nights*
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*going someplace where no fear can reach us*
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*I can go on forever when I'm with you*
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*When we're together, I can hum as we walk along*
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*paths that I couldn't walk alone*
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*As long as you're here, I'm happy*
**[23:19] ---**
There it is!
**[23:28] ---**
So this is Scar's brother's research notebook.
**[23:32] ---**
A fusion of Xingese alkahestry
and Amestrisian alchemy, right?
**[23:37] ---**
Could the secret of gaining
immortality be written in here?
**[23:40] ---**
I sure hope it is.
**[23:44] ---**
Will this book bring hope,
or will it bring despair?
**[23:53] ---**
Well, let me start deciphering it.
**[23:58] ---**
*Olivier Mira Armstrong, the general of Briggs.*
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*Amestris' tutelary god,*
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*who reigns over the north
with ferocity and strength.*
**[24:08] ---**
*Though she may be feared, she is without fear.*
**[24:13] ---**
*Next time on Hagane no Renkinjutsushi:
Fullmetal Alchemist,*
**[24:18] ---**
*Episode 34: "Ice Queen."*
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*Behold the Briggs Way.*