# 40 - Homunculus (The Dwarf in the Flask)
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*Owari naki tabi no tochuu*
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*Tachidomarisou na toki*
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*Fukai tameiki kobosu bokura wa*
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*Tsukamikakete wa mata hanarete itta*
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*Demo ima wa mou nani mo osoreru koto wa nai*
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*Kokoro wo tsunagu tsuyoi kizuna wa*
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*Keshite hodoke wa shinai sa*
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*Sagashitsuzukete tadoritsuita*
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*Kono basho de period ni*
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*Kanashimi ikari chikara ni kaete*
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*Unmei wa sugu soba ni*
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You're saying that General Armstrong
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is linked to the disappearance
of General Raven?
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Probably.
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However, she wouldn't be so foolish
as to leave any evidence behind.
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Indeed.
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No matter. Our job is to hold this fort,
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while that vixen is surrounded
by the pack of tigers in Central.
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Well, well, General, sir...
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Tch, to think that you'd be posted to Central.
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What connections do you have?
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Oh, it's all merit, you know?
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That's rich, coming from such a greenhorn.
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What brings you here today?
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His Excellency, the Fuhrer called me here.
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I may not be able to go back north for a while.
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You can't go back...?
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Well then, by all means,
let's have dinner sometime.
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Your treat? I'm in, if you don't
mind me eating you into bankruptcy.
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Never mind about dinner.
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Oh, so you're a man short
on money *and* nerve.
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How would you like some flowers, instead?
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There are many fine florists in Central.
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Are there?
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Enter.
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Yes, sir.
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Now then, General Armstrong...
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...let me ask you about
General Raven going missing.
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What have you done?
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*I won't be able to hide it all.*
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Excellency, how is it that someone like you
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could have someone so
thoughtless at your side?
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Is that why you disposed of him?
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You didn't need him, did you?
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Having someone so talkative on your staff
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is not good for you, Excellency.
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What did General Raven say to you?
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A legion of immortals...
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The history of this country,
Your Excellency's true identity...
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He told me all sorts of things
without me even asking.
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And you responded to my summons,
having heard all of this?
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Yes, sir. I came to take the
seat that fool was occupying.
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That makes it all the more interesting!
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Very well. I will give you a seat.
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In return, my men will
control Fort Briggs. Agreed?
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As you please, sir.
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I have seen that my soldiers are hearty.
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I am sure that Your Excellency
will find favor with them.
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I am pleased. Struggle well, human.
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You can't steal a tiger's cubs
without entering her den.
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I guess the general herself
entered the tiger's den, huh?
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Yeah. This place is theirs, too.
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However, they do not know one thing.
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Although our master may be gone,
we are still one giant monolith,
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acting together as with one will.
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Such is Fort Briggs.
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From here on, the bears and
tigers will turn on one another.
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Is this spot taken?
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Be my guest.
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How is your work going?
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See for yourself.
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I have to work through meals,
or I'll never keep up.
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How about you?
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I'm keeping busy myself,
with so much to remember.
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However, His Excellency
works quickly, so that helps.
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Best of all, he doesn't slack off.
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Sounds like this is going
to be a dull conversation.
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Now that you mention it...
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I heard that Scar was in the north.
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The Elric brothers are also up north.
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I see.
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My former classmates Lucy
and Ian are up north right now,
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and tell me lots of things.
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Oh, yeah? As I recall, this spring,
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the north and the east will be
conducting joint exercises.
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Yes. Major Miles and Captain
Buccaneer outdid us many times, huh?
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*Miles... Buccaneer...*
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*And then York, Ida and Sugar spoke to her...*
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*Havoc, Oscar, Mike, Uni, Nora,
Charlie, then Uni and Lucy again...*
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*Then came Uni,*
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*and finally Sterling...*
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*"Selim Bradley is a Homunculus."*
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*Impossible... But then, there's no such thing.*
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*Just what on earth is about
to happen here in Central?*
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Young man...
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Say, you there!
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--Oh, no!
--It's all right.
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Over here, over here.
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Oh...
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Hey, now...
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How about acting surprised, or something?
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Will you give me something if I act surprised?
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Hmm, I like how you aren't scared.
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What's your name?
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No. 23.
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Not your number, tell me your real name.
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Don't got one. I'm a slave.
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A slave? You mean a person not
given any rights or freedoms,
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but trafficked and deeded as a possession?
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Deeded?
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That's when property, rights,
and so on are transferred to another.
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You're not too smart, are you?
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Buzz off!
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I have no idea how I was
born from someone like this.
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You *are* the one who gave me blood, right?
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Come to think of it, he did say
he would use it in an experiment.
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Because you gave your blood,
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I have been born into this world.
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Thank you. Let's see...
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"No. 23" is a bit brusque. I will give you a name.
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Who do you think you are?
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You'll want a fine one, right? I know, hmm...
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Theo... Theophrastus Bombastus.
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Too long!
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Eh? Oh, right, you're not too smart,
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so you can't remember anything too long.
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Don't say I'm not smart!
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Well then, Van...
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How about Van Hohenheim?
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Van Hohen, huh?
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I can remember something like that.
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It's spelled... oh, right. Do you
know how to read and write?
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I can still work, without being able to do that.
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Slave work.
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Don't you want freedom and rights?
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Do you intend to live out your life as a slave,
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without obtaining the rights of man?
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In that case, you're no different
than being inside a stuffy flask.
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Let me give you some
knowledge, Van Hohenheim.
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Hey...
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What are you?
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What do I call you?
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Why don't you call me the
Dwarf in the Flask, Homunculus?
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All things are made from the one,
and return to the one.
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In other words, one is all.
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All is of the one.
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All is within the one.
If all is not included in the one,
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then all is nothing.
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You pass.
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You are now a fine alchemist, Hohenheim.
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But still nothing beyond assistant level.
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I'm nowhere near close to your skill, Master.
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I'm grateful to you.
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For what?
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Because of the knowledge you gave me,
I can now live as well as I do.
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I'm also happy to be held in Master's esteem.
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Now, getting married
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and having a family someday
is more than just a dream.
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A family, huh?
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Sure is inconvenient for you humans.
Unless you form communities,
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and breed yourselves,
your species can't continue to exist.
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Don't say "breed." And while
it might seem silly to you--
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as far as humans go,
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we find happiness in things
such as family, and friendships.
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Well, if you say so.
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Okay then, what do you find happiness in?
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Well, I don't want to ask too much,
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but I think I would be happy
if I could leave this flask.
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Immortality...
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Why is it that one who has attained
the height of power and prosperity
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would move toward that?
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Watch your tongue!
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You are in the presence of His Majesty!
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If you continue your insolence,
I will smash your flask!
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You would destroy a source of
knowledge to which you are ignorant?
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Enough chatter.
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Immortality-- is it possible, or isn't it?
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Impatience, owing to old age?
How lamentable, King of Xerxes.
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Very well. I will tell you
the way to gain immortality.
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What are you building?
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Irrigation canals.
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The king has ordered canals
to be dug throughout the land.
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That's the King of Xerxes for you.
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He even thinks about us commoners.
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That he does.
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Remember! Leave no one alive!
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Yes, sir!
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Hurry!
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Quickly!
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Quickly, carve out the crests of blood!
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The village to the north was attacked?
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I heard they were killed to the last man.
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Before that, it was the village to the west.
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Who could be doing this?
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What a terrible tale.
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Sure is tragic.
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Your Majesty, your long-anticipated
transmutation circle is complete.
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Hmm. That took a long time. At last...
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Now it is ready, right?
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Yes. You can now become immortal.
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Amazing.
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The king is going to become immortal.
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This is a moment of the ages.
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This is immortality, is it?
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What is this?!
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You said no harm would come
to those of us at the center!
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What?!
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What's going on?!
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Hey, Homunculus!
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The true center of the
transmutation circle is here,
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where you are standing.
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What?
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I've used your blood, which is
within me, to open the doorway.
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Hohenheim, my blood kin,
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right now, you and I are
at the center of everything.
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Your Majesty!
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Master...
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He's dead.
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Is anyone there?
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Willard... Mechthild...!
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Reinmeir! Toni! Mayo!
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Somebody...
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...answer me.
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It's no use. They've all had
their souls taken out of them.
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Your Majesty!
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Are you all right?!
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Well?
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How does that body feel?
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I'm... over there...
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I created a receptacle for myself,
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based on the information in your blood.
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Well, well, I can finally walk on my own two legs.
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Are you... Homunculus?
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What is this? What have you done?
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To thank you for your blood,
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I've given you a name,
and I've given you knowledge.
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And now, I've given you a
body that will live forever.
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Live forever?!
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Focus your attention within yourself.
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You hear them, don't you?
The voices of all the people in the land
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who were offered in exchange
for your immortality?
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Although, I did take half of them.
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I appreciate your cooperation, Hohenheim.
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Mr. Hohenheim?
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I knew it.
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Wow, imagine, you being Ed and Al's father...
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And you, being my sons' teacher...
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I'm sure they must have been a handful for you.
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Oh, no, don't let it concern you.
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--Mrs. Izumi...?
--Izumi, are you all right?!
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I'll get your medicine.
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May I have a look at her?
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I know a bit about medicine.
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O-Okay...
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I'm all right. This always happens.
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You are not all right.
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Mr. Sig, please find us a car!
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--Hurry!
--A-All right.
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Mrs. Izumi...
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...you've seen the truth, haven't you?
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What did you sacrifice?
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Please be truthful with me.
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My insides were taken away.
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I was trying to bring my dead child back to life.
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I see.
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Mm-hmm... I see.
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Please excuse me...
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Izumi! Hang on!
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Izumi!
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Take it easy, dear, I'm all right.
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Your belly has been run through!
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But my breathing... is easier...
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Show me!
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There's no wound...
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That's impossible.
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The organs that were taken away
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are testament to your sin,
and cannot be brought back,
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but I did rearrange the inside
of your belly somewhat,
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and improved the flow of blood.
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Mrs. Izumi, you must not fall just yet.
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Hohenheim, who...
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...are you, exactly?
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I am...
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...a Philosopher's Stone, in the form
of a man named Van Hohenheim.
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*Kawashita hazu no nai yakusoku ga*
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*Kyou mo bokura no mirai wo ubaou to suru*
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*Hoshigatte ita mono wo te ni shite mo*
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*Sunao ni umaku waraenai no wa naze darou*
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*Afureru namida wa yowasa ya koukai ja nai*
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*Itami ga unda kakera de*
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*Donna shunkan datte unmei datte*
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*Hitotsu dake tashika na mono ga aru to shitta*
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*Genkai datte konnan datte*
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*Akirametakunai yo*
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*Kono mama hanasanai de*
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*Kataku nigirishimeta kimi no migite no nukumori*
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*Koko ni aru kara*
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"The Sage's Stone," "The Celestial
Stone," "The Grand Elixir"...
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Just as the Philosopher's Stone
is called by many names,
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its form is not necessarily that of a stone.
**[23:23] ---**
The one Dr. Marcoh had was semi-liquid.
**[23:27] ---**
The one Kimblee has is like a crystal,
**[23:29] ---**
and it's about this big.
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You say it has tremendous energy,
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so I thought it would be something larger.
**[23:35] ---**
I've never seen one larger than pebble-sized.
**[23:40] ---**
Then again, if you had a
huge Philosopher's Stone,
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it would mean using an incredible
amount of people as material.
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If possible, I don't ever want to see one.
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*In order to obtain something,
an equivalent price is required.*
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*That is the way of alchemy.*
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*It is also the order of man's world.*
**[24:11] ---**
*Next time on Hagane no Renkinjutsushi:
Fullmetal Alchemist,*
**[24:15] ---**
*Episode 41: "The Abyss."*
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*Mercy calls upon the young
man for payment in pain.*