Ed looks over at Victor, then gives her a very small, very strained smile, and squeezes back. He shakes his head at April's question and replies to her, quietly, "It all happened so fast... I don't think there's going to be a way for Clark to stop it from happening... And if I hadn't killed Greed, I wouldn't have known how to defeat the other homunculi..." He turns to Clark next and calls to him, "I'm sorry, Clark; this is one of the last things in the world I would've wanted you to have to go through."
Lying on the ground a short distance away is the body of an old woman that's been torn in half; the moment Memory-Ed spots it, he freezes, sickened anger filling him. The name Ed associated with that woman at the time was 'Dante', the woman who had taught his own Teacher, Izumi Curtis, Alchemy. "What the Hell...?!" He turns back to the homunculus and demands, "Explain this, Greed! What happened here?!"
Greed finally straightens up, sliding on a pair of sunglasses and shrugging. "Beats me; I was gonna ask you that, kid."
"You did this to her, didn't you?!" Memory-Ed demands, immediately jumping to that conclusion because they're the only two people here, and the blood is fresh. Greed doesn't reply, except to fully turn to face him. "Are you gonna answer me?!"
"Blame me if you want; I really don't care."
Memory-Ed has to look away to try control the rage. He's only partially successful. "How could you?! She was helpless!"
That seems to amuse Greed, who replies, "Tell me, Edward Elric, how could you go so far to protect your little brother?"
That makes Ed even angrier, something of a How dare he! reaction going through his mind. "And what does that have to do with anything?!"
Greed lets out a huff of breath, then says, "Feelings can be hard to explain." Then the smug little smile Greed's wearing (he has jagged, triangular teeth, like a shark's) disappears from his face, replaced by a neutral mask.
Momentarily confused, the anger disappears from Ed's heart, replaced immediately by worry. "What're you talking about? What've you done with Al?!"
Greed places his hands on his hips, and that slight, smug little smile returns again. "If you want him back, come on; you know what it takes."
Memory-Ed knows he's not going to get Greed to tell him where his brother is without a fight, and something like resignation fills him as he slides into a ready stance, hands raised in a guard in front of his chest, knife-edges facing out, sliding one leg back so he can be ready to lunge forward at a moment's notice. Greed, meanwhile, reaches up and takes off the fur-collared vest he's wearing as his skin starts to turn black and hard, the whites of his eyes turning red... Greed has shifted into his true form. The Ultimate Shield.
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Lying on the ground a short distance away is the body of an old woman that's been torn in half; the moment Memory-Ed spots it, he freezes, sickened anger filling him. The name Ed associated with that woman at the time was 'Dante', the woman who had taught his own Teacher, Izumi Curtis, Alchemy. "What the Hell...?!" He turns back to the homunculus and demands, "Explain this, Greed! What happened here?!"
Greed finally straightens up, sliding on a pair of sunglasses and shrugging. "Beats me; I was gonna ask you that, kid."
"You did this to her, didn't you?!" Memory-Ed demands, immediately jumping to that conclusion because they're the only two people here, and the blood is fresh. Greed doesn't reply, except to fully turn to face him. "Are you gonna answer me?!"
"Blame me if you want; I really don't care."
Memory-Ed has to look away to try control the rage. He's only partially successful. "How could you?! She was helpless!"
That seems to amuse Greed, who replies, "Tell me, Edward Elric, how could you go so far to protect your little brother?"
That makes Ed even angrier, something of a How dare he! reaction going through his mind. "And what does that have to do with anything?!"
Greed lets out a huff of breath, then says, "Feelings can be hard to explain." Then the smug little smile Greed's wearing (he has jagged, triangular teeth, like a shark's) disappears from his face, replaced by a neutral mask.
Momentarily confused, the anger disappears from Ed's heart, replaced immediately by worry. "What're you talking about? What've you done with Al?!"
Greed places his hands on his hips, and that slight, smug little smile returns again. "If you want him back, come on; you know what it takes."
Memory-Ed knows he's not going to get Greed to tell him where his brother is without a fight, and something like resignation fills him as he slides into a ready stance, hands raised in a guard in front of his chest, knife-edges facing out, sliding one leg back so he can be ready to lunge forward at a moment's notice. Greed, meanwhile, reaches up and takes off the fur-collared vest he's wearing as his skin starts to turn black and hard, the whites of his eyes turning red... Greed has shifted into his true form. The Ultimate Shield.