8 - The Fifth Laboratory

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    Alchemy is the science of
    understanding, decomposing,
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    and reconstructing matter.
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    However, it is not an all-powerful art.
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    It is impossible to create
    something out of nothing.
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    If one wishes to obtain something,
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    something of equal value must be paid.
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    This equivalent exchange
    is the basis of alchemy.
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    Alchemists have a taboo,
    and it is human transmutation.
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    It is that which no one must commit.
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    Kono omoi wo keshite shimau niwa
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    mada jinsei nagai desho?
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    Yarinokoshite'ru koto
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    yarinaoshite mitai kara
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    Yume no tsuzuki oikakete ita hazu na no ni
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    Magarikunetta
    hosoi michi hito ni tsumazuku
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    Ano koro mitai ni tte modoritai wake ja nai no
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    Nakushite kita sora wo sagashite'ru
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    Wakatte kuremasu you ni
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    Gisei ni natta you na
    kanashii kao wa yamete yo
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    Tsumi no saigo wa namida ja nai yo
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    Zutto kurushiku seotte'ku n da
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    Deguchi mienai kanjou meiro ni
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    dare wo matte'ru no?
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    Shiroi nooto ni tsuzutta you ni
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    motto sunao ni hakidashitai yo
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    Nani kara nogaretai n da
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    ...genjitsu tte yatsu?
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    Kanaeru tame ni ikite'ru n datte
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    Sakebitaku naru yo Kikoete imasu ka?
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    Bunan ni nante yatte'rarenai kara
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    ...kaeru basho mo nai no
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    Yasashisa niwa itsumo kansha shite'ru
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    Dakara tsuyoku naritai
    (I'm on the way)
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    Natsukashiku naru
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    konna itami mo kangei jan
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    The first branch of the
    National Central Library,
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    which held Marcoh's research
    materials, had been lost to fire.
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    With the aid of Sheska,
    who had been a librarian,
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    Ed and Al were still able
    to obtain the research materials.
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    However...
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    The ingredients for a
    Philosopher's Stone... are live humans.
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    In search of further truth, Ed and Al sneak into
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    the dilapidated 5th Laboratory.
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    You move pretty well, for as big as you are.
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    It wouldn't be worth fighting you otherwise.
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    W-Who are you?!
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    I'm Number 66. At least,
    that's what my work name is.
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    I'm going to take you apart, nice and neat.
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    Just relax, and scream!
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    What is this?
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    Is it possible that this is for
    transmuting a Philosopher's Stone?
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    That is correct.
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    I don't know who you are, kid,
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    but if you can tell that just by
    looking at the transmutation circle...
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    Who are you, pops?
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    I am the one charged with guarding this place.
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    I'll go by the name "Number 48" for now.
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    And by the way, I'm not your pop.
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    I have orders to dispose of
    any outsiders that come in here.
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    Don't think ill of me, kid.
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    I could say the same.
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    Don't go thinking ill of me,
    once you're defeated by a "kid."
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    Hmm, you're an alchemist, are you?
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    Let's have a look at what you've got.
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    Your prosthetic arm just saved your life.
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    However,
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    my trusty sword will pierce even steel!
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    Hey, hey, hey!
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    Let me guess, pops, you're
    hollow on the inside, aren't you?
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    I'm impressed that you realized that.
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    I spar against someone
    like you all the time, you see.
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    Oh, so there are those like me
    on the outside, too, are there?
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    Well, that's annoying. Imagine,
    there's some other idiot out there
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    who came up with the idea of
    bonding a soul to a suit of armor!
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    Let me introduce myself once again.
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    "48" is my condemned prisoner number. In life...
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    or should I say, back when I had a living body,
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    I was known as Slicer, the mass murderer.
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    So you are a condemned prisoner.
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    Tell me, they use
    condemned prisoners in this place
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    as ingredients to make
    Philosopher's Stones, right?
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    That is difficult for me to answer.
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    They just recognized my
    skills, gave me this body,
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    and made me the watchdog of this place.
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    Which means, you have a seal that serves
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    as the medium between soul and armor.
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    Yes, that is correct.
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    This bloodseal. If you destroy this, you win.
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    It's very kind of you to show me your weak spot.
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    I'm the type that seeks out a
    little tension during a fight, you see.
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    As long as you're being kind,
    you think you might let me go?
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    I figure I might as well ask.
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    There's no way a mass murderer would do nothing
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    and let his prey escape,
    when it's right in front of him.
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    Now, here I come!
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    Like I said,
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    Elicia is going to turn three!
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    "East City, Eastern Command Center"
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    Lt. Colonel Hughes, I'm at work right now.
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    Isn't that a coincidence? I'm at work, too.
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    Oh, she's just the cutest thing, too!
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    All right, just stop calling me
    to brag about your daughter!
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    And on a military line, too!
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    It's not just my daughter!
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    I'm proud of my wife, too.
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    All right, all right, I'll listen to
    you brag about your cute, cute...
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    Scar.
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    We've found multiple unidentified bodies,
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    but all of them are so decomposed,
    it's difficult to identify them.
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    There haven't been any
    sightings of him in the eastern area,
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    so at present, many here
    regard him as being dead.
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    From the sound of it,
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    I'll be able to lift the escort from
    the Elric brothers before long.
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    Is Major Armstrong still
    serving as their escort?
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    No, the major's men have apparently taken over.
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    We've been had!
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    I thought it was awfully quiet in here!
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    Ah, we're gonna be chewed out by
    Major Armstrong for dereliction of duty!
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    Those little brats! Put yourselves
    in your escorts' shoes, will you?!
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    Let's go!
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    Huh? Where?
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    Isn't it obvious?!
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    To the 5th Laboratory!
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    What is this? My shoulder feels out of sorts.
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    This automail is less prone to rusting,
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    but the tradeoff is that
    its strength isn't as great,
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    so don't try anything too crazy.
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    I have to settle this quickly...
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    ...or I'm in trouble!
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    You're just like a monkey, huh?
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    Hey, what was that?!
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    I'm so glad! It's been so long
    since I've had any worthy prey!
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    But given your wound and your exhaustion,
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    the end of the battle is within sight.
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    Right about now, my
    companion is finishing off your partner.
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    Is this companion of yours strong?
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    Yes, he's strong.
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    He's still weaker than I am, though.
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    In that case, I've got nothing to worry about.
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    I've been fighting him for a long time now,
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    and I've never beaten him!
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    Damn... sit still for a moment and
    let me cut you up, you big behemoth!
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    Your body...
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    There's a bit of a story behind this.
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    I know, let me tell you a story.
    You've probably already heard it.
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    It's a story about an old codger named Barry.
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    Once upon a time, here in Central,
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    there was an old codger named
    Barry, who enjoyed cooking.
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    Barry loved to cut meat apart.
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    But one day, after he was no
    longer content with just beef or pork,
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    Barry started going out
    into town, night after night,
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    and began cutting people apart.
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    In time, Barry was caught, but by then,
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    23 people had fallen prey to him.
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    This man, who had plunged
    the populace of Central
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    into the very depths of terror,
    was naturally sent to the gallows.
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    And all was well that ended well.
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    At least, that's the story
    circulating out in the world.
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    However, there's another part to it.
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    Barry isn't actually dead.
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    He is alive, and charged
    with guarding a certain place.
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    However, his body has been taken from him.
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    Yes! He is the very person you see before you!
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    That infamous mass murderer!
    Barry the Chopper! I'm him!
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    Sorry, never heard of you.
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    I'm from a rural town in the east, so...
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    Even if you don't know about me,
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    when you see this body,
    there should be some sort of reaction, right?
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    Something more like, "Yaah!" or
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    "What happened to your body?!" or something.
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    Yaah! W-What's happened to your body?!
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    Ooh, that hurts.
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    Ah, I get it. You were executed, too.
    You had me startled there.
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    I'm not a criminal!
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    Huh? Then, how come?
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    It's kind of a long story.
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    When I lost my body, my
    brother transmuted my soul for me.
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    Your brother?
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    I see, your brother, huh?
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    What's so funny?
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    Are you sure this brother
    and you are really siblings?
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    Well, our personalities are different, but...
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    No, no, no, that's not what I mean.
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    Are you sure you're not a suit-of-armor puppet,
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    created by your so-called brother?
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    Were you ever really a person, originally?
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    Of course I was!
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    I am, without a doubt, the
    person named Alphonse Elric!
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    How can you believe that?
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    Well, because of the memories
    I have, ever since I was born.
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    What if those are also made-up?
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    But Winry... and Grandma know me.
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    Well, they're, you know, in on it.
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    Yeah, that's right.
    You were never alive to begin with.
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    Th-Then, what about you?
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    That's simple.
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    Don't move! This area is off-limi--
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    There, you see? I love to chop up live people.
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    I enjoy killing so much, I can't stand it.
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    I kill; therefore, I am!
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    That proves I am who I am,
    and that's good enough for me!
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    Oh, your brother is that good, is he?
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    Then I'll have to hurry up and defeat you.
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    Al! Now!
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    What?!
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    That was dirty.
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    There's no such thing as dirty in a fight!
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    What's the matter?
    You still haven't destroyed my bloodseal.
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    Hurry up and destroy it--
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    There's something I need to ask you about.
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    The Philosopher's Stone?
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    Why don't you tell me
    everything you know about it?
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    I can't.
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    Hey, now, beaten dogs don't get to show me up.
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    I haven't been beaten yet.
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    Impossible!
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    I forgot to mention,
    this mass murderer Slicer...
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    ...was actually a pair of brothers.
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    An independent head and body?
    That reeks of foul play!
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    Who was it who said that
    there's no such thing as dirty in a fight?
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    Now, let's begin the second round, short stuff.
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    Don't call me short!
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    Whoa! I'm not giving you any time to transmute!
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    Damn, I'm losing too much blood.
    I'm starting to feel dizzy.
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    This is bad...
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    This is bad...
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    Gonna die... gonna die... gonna die...!
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    Now to finish you!
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    You reminded me of someone I can't stand.
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    Now I've gone and done the
    same thing he did, haven't I?
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    Now you've done it, you little brat!
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    Ugh, that's just gross!
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    My brother...
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    I hate to say it, but we've lost.
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    You're not going to tell me you're
    actually three brothers, are you?
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    No, no.
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    Kid, hurry up and destroy us.
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    Don't ask me to become a murderer.
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    With bodies like these, are we even people?
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    If I don't consider you to be people,
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    then that would mean I don't
    consider my brother to be a person.
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    Come on, come on, what's
    the matter, armor puppet?
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    I am not an armor puppet!
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    You just think you're not!
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    Was there ever a real you?
    Were you ever really alive?!
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    There is a way for you to prove
    that you're not an armor puppet.
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    You've got a bloodseal too, right?
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    Go ahead and break it yourself.
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    If you die, then you were real!
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    If you're still up and moving
    around, you're an armor puppet!
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    Th-There's no way I
    could do something like that!
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    Then I'll do it for you!
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    My brother is human. You guys are also human.
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    That's why I don't want to kill you.
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    Brother?
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    We two, as brothers, have been stealing,
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    destroying, and killing for
    as long as we can remember.
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    And now, to be treated as
    humans for the first time,
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    after taking the forms we have...
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    it's hilarious!
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    Kid, as a parting gift,
    I will tell you everything.
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    The ones who made the Philosopher's Stone,
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    and ordered us to protect this place...
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    That was a close one.
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    No, 48, we can't have you speaking out of turn.
[16:40] ---
    Oh, my. What is the
    Fullmetal pipsqueak doing here?
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    Such a trying boy.
    How did you find out about this place?
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    Brother! Brother!
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    Brother!
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    Pipe down, you halfwit!
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    You were just about to kill
    one of our precious sacrifices.
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    Do you understand?
[17:05] ---
    How were you going to account
    for this if it messed up the plan?
[17:09] ---
    Huh?!
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    Who are you people?! What plan?!
    What do you mean, sacrifice?!
[17:31] ---
    Oh, my, the pipsqueak is raring to go.
[17:37] ---
    You shut up with that pipsqueak talk!
[17:39] ---
    A pipsqueak is a pipsqueak, right, pipsqueak?
[17:44] ---
    Whoa! I don't like fighting.
[17:47] ---
    It's painful when you get hurt, you know.
[17:49] ---
    You're the one who
    picked this fight, and I accept--
[17:53] ---
    "Pop!"
[17:56] ---
    Looks like you have a malfunction.
[17:57] ---
    Wha--?!
[17:59] ---
    Lucky me!
[18:03] ---
    You're fortunate your arm broke.
[18:05] ---
    You're getting off without being hurt too badly.
[18:09] ---
    Listen to me, boy. Don't forget
    that you're being allowed to live.
[18:17] ---
    We can't have this boy showing up again.
[18:20] ---
    Let's burn this place down.
[18:26] ---
    There's something I've been
    meaning to say to you for a while,
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    but I've been too afraid to mention it.
[18:33] ---
    What was Brother about to say to me?
[18:36] ---
    What was he so afraid to tell me?
[18:39] ---
    What was he so afraid to say?
[18:41] ---
    Are you sure you're not a suit-of-armor puppet,
[18:43] ---
    created by your so-called brother?
[18:45] ---
    Were you ever really a person, originally?
[18:51] ---
    What's the matter, my little armor puppet?
[18:55] ---
    Shut up! I'm not...
[18:58] ---
    Go ahead and admit it. You'll feel better.
[19:06] ---
    You've left yourself
    wide open, you big behemoth!
[19:09] ---
    Huh?
[19:10] ---
    Don't move!
[19:12] ---
    Surrender yourself, nice and easy!
[19:15] ---
    This is starting to get more complicated.
[19:31] ---
    Sergeant, take cover!
[19:36] ---
    What are you doing?! Get out of there!
[19:39] ---
    But Brother is still inside!
[19:41] ---
    What!?
[19:43] ---
    Hmm, you know what this means.
[19:45] ---
    Time to hightail it outta here!
[19:47] ---
    Hey, you!
[19:48] ---
    You'd better hurry away from here, too!
[19:50] ---
    Hold it!
[19:51] ---
    Brother! Brother!
[19:52] ---
    Take cover! You'll end up
    getting caught in it, too!
[19:55] ---
    But...!
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    Hey there, I brought you some baggage.
[20:04] ---
    Brother?!
[20:09] ---
    His life isn't in any danger,
    but he's lost a lot of blood,
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    so you should hurry and get him to a hospital.
[20:14] ---
    Also, you should keep a closer watch on him,
[20:16] ---
    to make sure they don't do anything too crazy.
[20:18] ---
    He is a precious resource, after all.
[20:21] ---
    Who are you?
[20:22] ---
    Lieutenant Ross! Quickly!
[20:24] ---
    Sergeant, give me a hand!
[20:26] ---
    He's covered in blood, isn't he?!
[20:28] ---
    Talk later! Hurry and get out of--
[20:31] ---
    Huh? He's gone.
[20:41] ---
    --Let us out!
    --It's an earthquake!
[20:44] ---
    --Are you trying to kill us?!
    --Hey, shut up! Take it easy!
[20:49] ---
    What a nice sound.
[20:52] ---
    That's the sound of a building
    crumbling, using explosives.
[20:57] ---
    As close as it is, I'd say it's the
    5th Laboratory, right next door.
[21:02] ---
    Ah, what a nice sound. A truly great sound,
[21:05] ---
    that reverberates down to the core of my body.
[21:09] ---
    No talking to yourself, Kimblee!
[21:11] ---
    Oh, excuse me.
[21:13] ---
    I was just recalling the
    Ishvalan War of Extermination,
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    and I couldn't help but feel happy.
[21:29] ---
    Are you sure you're not a suit-of-armor puppet,
[21:31] ---
    created by your so-called brother?
[21:38] ---
    Ano hi mita sora akaneiro no sora o
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    nee kimi wa oboete imasu ka
[21:50] ---
    Yakusoku chigiri shoka
    no kaze ga tsutsumu
[21:56] ---
    futari yorisotta
[22:04] ---
    Muri na egao no ura
[22:09] ---
    nobita kage o kakumau
[22:14] ---
    Dakara kizukanu furi saisei o erabu
[22:26] ---
    Table no ue no furuenai shirase machitsuzukete
[22:36] ---
    kuuhaku no yoru mo kuru hazu no nai asa mo
[22:42] ---
    zenbu wakatte'tan da
[22:46] ---
    Ano hi mita sora akaneiro no sora o
[22:52] ---
    nee itsuka omoidasu deshou
[22:57] ---
    Hatasenakatta yakusoku o idaite
[23:02] ---
    futari arukidasu
[23:09] ---
    So, in Central, the senior staff
    in control of State Alchemists
[23:14] ---
    are shorthanded, thanks to Scar.
[23:17] ---
    Oh?
[23:18] ---
    Rumor has it that Colonel Mustang's
    promotion to Central is not far off.
[23:22] ---
    Central, huh? Not bad.
[23:25] ---
    Watch yourself.
[23:27] ---
    When you encroach on
    senior staff as young as you are,
[23:29] ---
    you're going to make more enemies.
[23:32] ---
    I've been prepared for that from the start.
[23:35] ---
    Just a word of warning from one
    who's gone before you in Central.
[23:38] ---
    Find as many people who understand
    you and support you as you can.
[23:42] ---
    Which means,
[23:44] ---
    hurry up and find a wife!
[23:46] ---
    Shut up!
[23:48] ---
    What? He just hung up on me!
[23:51] ---
    Colonel Hughes, please don't
    make so many personal calls, okay?
[23:54] ---
    Ah, sorry.
[23:59] ---
    Edward Elric is having
    trouble finding the words,
[24:02] ---
    while Alphonse Elric is troubled by his words.
[24:07] ---
    And then, the one sure thing...
[24:10] ---
    The memories of a young girl convey the truth.
[24:14] ---
    Next time on Hagane no Renkinjutsushi:
    Fullmetal Alchemist,
[24:18] ---
    Episode 9: "Created Feelings."
[24:22] ---
    The heart wavers because it believes.