35 - The Shape of This Country

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    I can't keep focused, my body's still wavering
[00:12] ---
    Trembling like I am, my control is shaky
[00:16] ---
    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
[00:30] ---
    Nothing to look forward to, but I
    gotta have the grit to get past this
[00:34] ---
    Gotta control my impulses and
    judge the distance to the target
[00:37] ---
    What I need is the pride to win
[00:40] ---
    Will I taste sweet victory, or bitter defeat?
[00:47] ---
    Yeah, it's all one or the other
[00:51] ---
    Wish I could control the threads of fate
[00:56] ---
    Take this perfect golden time tightly in hand
[01:00] ---
    I'll go at this with the best
    poker face I can muster
[01:04] ---
    Dragged into a world of illusion
[01:12] ---
    Slipping out of a boundless pressure game,
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    what does it take to leap
    across the glorious borderline?
[01:20] ---
    How much will it cost me?
[01:24] ---
    What is it I don't want to let go of?
[01:34] ---
    Let me show you the Briggs way!
[01:37] ---
    The Briggs way?
[01:39] ---
    That's right.
[01:40] ---
    Give me a hand, alchemist.
[01:44] ---
    Brother!
[01:45] ---
    You, too!
[01:47] ---
    Just a minute! We can't...
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    You were forced to help us under threat.
[01:52] ---
    You've got no problem with that, right?
[01:56] ---
    Who's this?
[01:57] ---
    Our good buddy.
[01:59] ---
    All right, help us out.
[02:02] ---
    Hurry! Don't spill any!
[02:04] ---
    Buccaneer, Gate 8!
[02:07] ---
    Yes, sir!
[02:10] ---
    Charge! Drive it into the elevator!
[02:25] ---
    What... a bother...
[02:31] ---
    Push! Push us!
[02:34] ---
    All right, it's working!
[02:36] ---
    Rotate turret right!
[02:38] ---
    Yes... ma'am...
[02:44] ---
    Miles! Send it!
[02:45] ---
    Yes, sir!
[02:53] ---
    All right, it's gone!
[03:05] ---
    Where am I?
[03:13] ---
    Now! Do it!
[03:21] ---
    All right!
[03:23] ---
    So? What next?
[03:25] ---
    How are you going to get this guy
[03:26] ---
    --outside the gate?
    --Stinky.
[03:42] ---
    Move it, little red runt!
[03:56] ---
    Hey! One more shot!
[03:57] ---
    We're out of ammo!
[03:59] ---
    In that case...
[04:04] ---
    Ouch.
[04:13] ---
    All right!
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    That's cold-weather climate blended fuel.
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    It vaporizes regardless of the extreme cold,
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    and its heat of evaporation saps
    body temperature in an instant.
[04:25] ---
    Plus, we've got this blizzard.
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    That will freeze it instantly,
    right down to its brain.
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    So... cold...
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    Body...
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    ...won't... move...
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    What... a both--
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    You can hibernate there
    until spring, you big lummox.
[05:01] ---
    Buccaneer, take those two away.
[05:04] ---
    Yes, sir.
[05:06] ---
    J-J-Just a minute! W-W-Why?! We helped you!
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    You were forced to help.
    That works better for you, doesn't it?
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    What's more, I'm not letting you go
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    until you explain to me what that
    monster is, so bear that in mind.
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    Brrr...
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    "Clank"?
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    Good morning, Brother.
[05:37] ---
    Oh yeah, right.
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    Yo, did you sleep well?
[05:43] ---
    I slept, anyhow.
[05:49] ---
    I heard you helped defend my pals.
[05:52] ---
    Thank you.
[05:54] ---
    That's 100 cens.
[05:56] ---
    This isn't a thank-you cup?!
[05:58] ---
    Um, any progress?
[06:01] ---
    The advance party went to investigate the hole.
[06:03] ---
    They should be coming back soon.
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    Also, Major Miles is at the hospital.
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    Hospital?
[06:10] ---
    He's visiting a soldier who
    was wounded fighting with Scar.
[06:14] ---
    Scar is in the north?
[06:16] ---
    Oh, here they are.
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    They're awake.
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    Thanks for yesterday.
[06:22] ---
    You saved our pals' lives.
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    You guys sure keep your pledges,
    or at least care about each other.
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    We Briggs soldiers are monolithic.
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    You saved our pals, so you're our pal, too.
[06:35] ---
    Well, can you get your pal out of here, soon?
[06:37] ---
    No, that's something we can't do.
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    You're monolithic, all right.
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    I hear they didn't find
    Scar's body at the accident site.
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    There's the possibility that he's
    holed up somewhere nearby, though.
[06:51] ---
    Yes.
[06:52] ---
    Well, well, first the search
    for the black-and-white cat,
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    and right on cue, a search for Scar.
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    Understood.
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    You leave Scar to us,
    and focus on getting better.
[07:05] ---
    Just a moment.
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    You people please stay out of this.
[07:10] ---
    The Ishvalan is my quarry.
[07:14] ---
    Unfortunately for you,
    the soldiers of Briggs are not so lax
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    that they'd let a serial killer
    roam around free.
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    The law up here is survival of the fittest.
[07:25] ---
    If you get careless, you're dead. Got it?
[07:29] ---
    You smart off to me again,
    and you'll never leave the hospital.
[07:34] ---
    The Briggs branch will be
    looking after your case now.
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    Behave yourself.
[07:45] ---
    Ishvalans sure are fascinating.
[07:51] ---
    Kimblee, are you okay?
[07:55] ---
    Well, you sure got here quickly, General Raven.
[07:58] ---
    I heard the news,
    and came as quickly as I could.
[08:01] ---
    I was worried about you.
[08:03] ---
    It's these that you are
    worried about, right, sir?
[08:10] ---
    Very good. Now, to work.
[08:14] ---
    But, as you can see, I'm...
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    I brought a doctor that can perform alchemy.
[08:21] ---
    And, we have the Stones.
[08:23] ---
    You'll recover completely in no time.
[08:35] ---
    Alkahestry is fairly difficult, huh?
[08:38] ---
    I particularly don't understand
    this "dragon pulse" business.
[08:42] ---
    It has to do with the "chi" of the land.
[08:45] ---
    The chi of the land?
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    To put it simply, it's a power that
    spouts out of the mountaintops,
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    then enters the ground, and enriches it.
[08:55] ---
    You might call it the rivers of
    power that flow through the land.
[09:00] ---
    When you understand how that power flows,
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    and where it enters and leaves...
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    It is a power that can be applied to all things.
[09:12] ---
    By all things, you mean bodies, too?
[09:15] ---
    Yes.
[09:17] ---
    Say... your back!
[09:19] ---
    Oof, my leg!
[09:22] ---
    Or... here.
[09:25] ---
    When you pressed on my neck,
    why was there a jolt to my eyes?!
[09:28] ---
    Mr. Marcoh, you should take care of yourself.
[09:32] ---
    You've got power stagnating all over.
[09:35] ---
    S-So that's it. This is the theory
    of remote transmutation, is it?
[09:41] ---
    Alchemists don't use the
    dragon's pulse, do they?
[09:45] ---
    No. We use the energy of the
    movement of the earth's crust.
[09:49] ---
    There is a great deal of
    energy released in the ground
[09:51] ---
    during seismic and volcanic activity.
[09:54] ---
    The alchemy of this country uses that.
[09:58] ---
    But that's not quite right.
[10:01] ---
    Something has felt out of place
    ever since I entered this country.
[10:05] ---
    It became clearer when I was under Central.
[10:08] ---
    This energy flowing under my feet
[10:12] ---
    doesn't feel like the energy
    of the earth's crust in motion...
[10:17] ---
    ...but more like...
[10:19] ---
    ...a lot of people squirming around.
[10:32] ---
    It's huge.
[10:33] ---
    A small platoon could make
    their way through this hole.
[10:36] ---
    It also traces a gentle curve,
    and goes on for a long way.
[10:40] ---
    However, there were no signs of anyone.
[10:44] ---
    --Lower some horses down.
    --Yes, sir.
[10:46] ---
    Also, bring them here.
[10:53] ---
    Awesome. It really is huge, huh?
[10:57] ---
    To think that we let an intruder
    get this far in without us noticing.
[11:01] ---
    Have you ever let anyone else get in before?
[11:04] ---
    Not since I took command here.
[11:07] ---
    But nearly twenty years ago,
    there was an incident
[11:09] ---
    where the Mountain Guard was
    attacked in the middle of winter.
[11:13] ---
    Apparently, a mysterious woman
    stole food and equipment
[11:15] ---
    repeatedly for an entire month.
[11:18] ---
    I survived a whole month at Briggs
    Mountain in the dead of winter!
[11:21] ---
    That was her.
[11:26] ---
    This should be far enough.
[11:28] ---
    Dismount.
[11:32] ---
    Now then...
[11:33] ---
    You don't have to worry
    about prying eyes in here.
[11:36] ---
    Tell me everything you know.
    And I mean everything this time.
[11:42] ---
    Do not hold anything back.
[11:44] ---
    When I asked you about that
    monster, you said something.
[11:48] ---
    "You'll have to guess."
[11:51] ---
    In other words, you believed
    that I would take the hint.
[11:56] ---
    Under the circumstances,
    you were leaving yourself open
[11:58] ---
    to being cut down by me,
    and yet that's what you said to me.
[12:01] ---
    There's something you're
    risking your own life to protect.
[12:05] ---
    Perhaps a hostage.
[12:10] ---
    I don't want any lies, deception, or fakery.
[12:13] ---
    Tell me the truth.
[12:19] ---
    I need your help.
[12:24] ---
    The Philosopher's Stone, Homunculi,
[12:28] ---
    King Bradley, a man they call Father,
[12:32] ---
    and the senior staff being dirty...
[12:35] ---
    And there really are hostages involved.
[12:38] ---
    Your childhood friend, the automail engineer,
[12:40] ---
    and Mustang's men.
[12:42] ---
    We've done a lot of joint training
    with the Eastern Command Center,
[12:46] ---
    so I know Hawkeye and Havoc.
    I'd hate to lose them.
[12:51] ---
    I'd like to do something.
[12:53] ---
    Um, what about Colonel Mustang?
[12:57] ---
    Oh, couldn't care less.
[13:00] ---
    I'd rather he did fall from power.
[13:02] ---
    I'd be relieved of another rival.
[13:06] ---
    Never mind him,
[13:07] ---
    what do we do now? What do you
    alchemists make of this tunnel?
[13:21] ---
    This tunnel probably wasn't
    dug here from Drachma.
[13:26] ---
    This is just my hypothesis,
[13:28] ---
    but it appears to have been
    dug out in an enormous circle.
[13:32] ---
    Circle?
[13:34] ---
    In alchemy, a circle is an important factor
[13:37] ---
    that controls the circulation of power.
[13:40] ---
    There's also the equation.
[13:44] ---
    Lieutenant Falman,
[13:46] ---
    do you know the major events
    that happened in this country
[13:48] ---
    that were accompanied by bloodshed?
[13:50] ---
    Bloodshed?
[13:53] ---
    Does that have anything to do with this?
[14:00] ---
    July, 1588,
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    the Riviere Incident.
[14:04] ---
    Riviere...
[14:07] ---
    October, 1661, the Cameron Uprising.
[14:12] ---
    February, 1799, the Soapman Incident,
    which happened in Fisk.
[14:18] ---
    March, 1811, the Wellesley Incident.
[14:22] ---
    October, 1835, the First Southern Border War,
[14:26] ---
    in what is currently South City.
[14:29] ---
    Starting in March of 1911,
[14:31] ---
    the Second Southern Border War, in Fotcett.
[14:35] ---
    What about Pendleton, in the west?
[14:37] ---
    The fight with the neighboring country of Creta
[14:39] ---
    has seen a lot of soldiers killed.
[14:41] ---
    And, in 1914, the Liore insurrection.
    Many casualties.
[14:48] ---
    Insurrection? But why?
[14:51] ---
    After I exposed the fake priest in Liore,
[14:54] ---
    I reported it to the Eastern
    Command Center right away, right?
[14:57] ---
    It was the Central forces.
[14:59] ---
    They came in, and sent
    the Eastern forces away.
[15:03] ---
    After that, Liore went to pieces.
[15:06] ---
    It can't be... Damn!
[15:08] ---
    Back to work, Fullmetal.
[15:13] ---
    All right.
[15:17] ---
    And now, we connect all of these locations.
[15:23] ---
    How can this be?
[15:25] ---
    That looks just like the transmutation circle
[15:27] ---
    that was in the basement of
    the 5th Laboratory, doesn't it?
[15:30] ---
    The Philosopher's Stone array
    that uses human lives, huh?
[15:34] ---
    If they create a Philosopher's Stone
    with something this gigantic,
[15:36] ---
    how many people are going to be sacrificed?
[15:40] ---
    I once asked Envy if they
    were going to use this country
[15:44] ---
    to create a Philosopher's Stone.
[15:46] ---
    But then he laughed and said,
[15:48] ---
    "So close. But you're on the right track."
[15:52] ---
    Earlier, I told Edward,
[15:55] ---
    "Knowing you, you'll be able to
    find the truth within the truth."
[16:01] ---
    The "truth" being that the ingredients for
    a Philosopher's Stone were live humans,
[16:06] ---
    the "truth within" being the existence
    of those who directed it to happen,
[16:11] ---
    and the "truth within the truth"
[16:13] ---
    being the Philosopher's Stone transmutation
[16:14] ---
    that will use the entire nation's territory.
[16:17] ---
    But that's not the end of it.
[16:20] ---
    Ultimately, what is it that
    they are trying to do?
[16:24] ---
    The same goes for the method of
    gaining immortality that you're after.
[16:27] ---
    That is why you must not
    seek the Philosopher's Stone.
[16:31] ---
    With my knowledge, and your
    knowledge of alkahestry,
[16:35] ---
    we will figure out these
    research notes, no matter what.
[16:38] ---
    Right!
[16:44] ---
    The oldest one was in 1558.
[16:48] ---
    Right after the founding of Amestris, huh?
[16:50] ---
    They attacked the
    then-neighboring country of Riviere,
[16:54] ---
    without even declaring war...
    Hold on a minute...
[16:58] ---
    That means...
[17:00] ---
    ...the military is involved
    in all of these incidents.
[17:04] ---
    They were coups d'etat,
    or civil wars... just like with Liore.
[17:09] ---
    Central forces come in,
    and make the situation worse.
[17:12] ---
    Since the founding of the country...
[17:15] ---
    Our country started out as a small nation,
[17:19] ---
    but it expanded as it took over
    other small countries around it.
[17:23] ---
    In order to create this circle?
[17:26] ---
    So they're not about to use
    this country to do something,
[17:32] ---
    they created this country to do something?
[17:36] ---
    My country...
[17:41] ---
    Then, what about Mr. Hughes?
[17:43] ---
    Yeah, he saw the Philosopher's
    Stone transmutation circle
[17:46] ---
    before he was killed.
[17:48] ---
    And since he was serving
    in the court-martial office,
[17:51] ---
    he had all that he needed to
    look into the military incidents.
[17:54] ---
    He realized something was
    wrong in this country right away.
[17:58] ---
    Dog of the Military, State Alchemist!
[18:01] ---
    Do you know what this country is trying to do?!
[18:06] ---
    Did you think you brought about
    the prosperity you now have
[18:09] ---
    all under your own power?
[18:11] ---
    If you knew, you'd understand
    what I am trying to do!
[18:18] ---
    I don't like this.
[18:20] ---
    As far as I can see,
    the next place to see blood...
[18:24] ---
    The only place left is here,
    around Briggs, isn't it?
[18:28] ---
    What are those guys in Central
    about to do to my citadel?!
[18:33] ---
    General!
[18:34] ---
    Please return at once, sir.
[18:36] ---
    Lt. General Raven from
    Central is here to see you.
[18:40] ---
    Hmph, they're not even going to
    give me a moment to consider this.
[18:44] ---
    General Armstrong...
[18:47] ---
    I'd like to ask you a favor.
[18:51] ---
    Could you sneak some
    information out of General Raven?
[18:57] ---
    General Raven, sir...
[19:00] ---
    I'm terribly sorry to have to ask you to wait.
[19:02] ---
    Nah, don't worry about it.
[19:04] ---
    It's my fault for dropping in unannounced.
[19:07] ---
    General Armstrong will
    return shortly. This way, please.
[19:10] ---
    Oh, right.
[19:12] ---
    I've brought a guest.
[19:14] ---
    Major Miles, would you mind
    showing him around the fort?
[19:19] ---
    It's a pleasure... Major Miles.
[19:28] ---
    Winry's apple pie.
[19:31] ---
    I said I wanted to eat it
    when I got my body back.
[19:34] ---
    But even thinking about that
    much might be hopeless now.
[19:40] ---
    You don't have to worry. You'll have your fill.
[19:44] ---
    Once we get our bodies back,
[19:45] ---
    and make the folks who are having
    their way with this country pay!
[19:51] ---
    Mm-hmm.
[19:53] ---
    I'm terribly sorry things are so chaotic, sir.
[19:56] ---
    We were attacked by the enemy.
[19:58] ---
    Attacked?
[20:00] ---
    We somehow managed to fend it off,
[20:02] ---
    but, well, it was what you might call a monster.
[20:06] ---
    Monster? What do you mean?
[20:09] ---
    We killed it, but it wouldn't die, sir.
[20:14] ---
    You don't say.
[20:17] ---
    I suspect it is a biological
    weapon from Drachma,
[20:21] ---
    but the Elric brothers...
[20:24] ---
    I happen to have the Fullmetal Alchemist
    and his brother in my care.
[20:29] ---
    They had the air of someone
    who knew about this monster,
[20:33] ---
    but they won't tell me anything.
[20:35] ---
    Having a State Alchemist,
    under direct control of the Fuhrer,
[20:38] ---
    spying for Drachma would
    be a tremendous problem,
[20:41] ---
    so I put them in one of my cells.
    Would you like to question him?
[20:46] ---
    Certainly.
[20:48] ---
    You say they won't tell you anything?
[20:50] ---
    Yes, sir.
[20:51] ---
    They told me their purpose in coming here
[20:53] ---
    was to research living
    transmutation or something.
[20:56] ---
    Nothing could be more weaselly or suspicious.
[21:04] ---
    I thought I might get it out
    of them by torturing them,
[21:07] ---
    but I am a woman. Just thinking
    of making those children suffer
[21:12] ---
    pained my heart ever so.
[21:15] ---
    The hell she says. Even the
    queen's heart is made of ice.
[21:21] ---
    Even you, known as the impregnable
    "Northern Wall of Briggs,"
[21:24] ---
    has a soft spot for children, huh?
[21:28] ---
    Ordinarily, it wouldn't be surprising
[21:30] ---
    for me to have a child or two at my age,
[21:33] ---
    but I'm well past that now.
[21:36] ---
    What are you talking about?
    You must still be in great demand.
[21:39] ---
    Oh, no, sir.
[21:41] ---
    I sure wish I didn't have to grow older.
[21:45] ---
    I dread old age.
[21:49] ---
    That Drachman biological weapon--
    now that had an outstanding body.
[21:55] ---
    An immortal body. It's like
    something from a dream, isn't it?
[22:02] ---
    What if I were to tell you that
    the day when it's not just a dream
[22:05] ---
    isn't too far off?
[22:15] ---
    Tell me, General,
[22:17] ---
    would you be interested in a legion
    of completely immortal soldiers?
[22:21] ---
    He took the bait.
[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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    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
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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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    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
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    Obey the power. Such is survival of the fittest.
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    Unless one wants to be bound by these words,
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    one had better possess an even greater power.
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    Because there comes a moment when
    power must be resisted with power.
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    Next time on Hagane no Renkinjutsushi:
    Fullmetal Alchemist,
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    Episode 36: "Family Portrait."
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    The man sets forth,
    with resolution in his heart.