01x23 - Fullmetal Heart

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Edward!

Thank goodness!
You're coming around, right?

Where am I?

Al!

Man cannot obtain anything without
first sacrificing something.

In order to obtain anything,
something of equal value is required.

That is alchemy's
Law of Equivalent Exchange.

At the time, we believed that
to be the true way of the world.

Sorry about that.

I'll get you back to normal right away, okay?

Mm-hmm.

Edward, what on earth happened
at the 5th Laboratory?

Nothing much.

Nothing much? And you were
this seriously injured?

It's no big deal. Geez,

and I was just one step away from
getting my hand on the truth, too.

Well, next time, I won't botch things-

Edward!

I apologize in advance for my discourtesy.

You nearly lost your life!
You should recognize that you are still a child!

You could trust us adults a
little more, couldn't you?

My conduct was unbecoming an inferior
officer! I beg your forgiveness!

I beg your forgiveness!

No, I'm the one who's sorry to you.

This is one of Ed's parts, all right.

As someone who has been sung of as a young, beautiful,
gifted automail engineer, this is a terrible blunder for me!

Is something the matter?

Ah, no! N-nothing at all, nothing at all, really!

Yes, Rockbell Prosthetic Limb Outfitters.

Winry?

E-Ed?

As it turns out, I can't move
my right arm any more.

Sure enough...

Sure enough?

Ah, you see? Didn't I tell you that I made it lighter,
so it wouldn't be quite so strong this time?

Geez, you've gone and done something
reckless again, haven't you?

A-anyhow, I can't get down there
right now, so I'm in a fix.

In that case, I'll make the trip!
I'll dash on over, just wait there!

Aren't you unusually kind today?

Oh, I'm always kind!

Okay then, if you would. Thanks.

This time, make sure you do his maintenance right.

Right...

Yo, Ed!

I heard you could get up!

Lieutenant Colonel...!

Al, are you okay, too?

Mm-hmm.

Oh, that's right.

Would you guys go buy some lunch for me?

Ah, I'll get that myself.

Lieutenant Ross, you go with him.

Understood.

Sorry, I'm just so hungry.

About the 5th Laboratory...

Everything concerning the incident is being chalked
up as the doing of Scar, who was pursuing you.

Of course, I'm not convinced of that.

There were a lot of bodies left there that
are thought to have been Chimeras.

There was a great deal of equipment that I can't help
but believe was still operational until just yesterday.

And among the prisoners who were
forcibly taken there by someone,

there are those who said they saw Brigadier General
Basque Grand, who was k*lled in the line of duty.

What the hell happened there?

Ed!

How am I supposed to know?

Just tell me what you saw.

Homunculus.

Homunculus!?

You're kidding!

But...

...they definitely weren't human.

They're tied in with the Philosopher's Stone, huh?

They were trying to make me
create a Philosopher's Stone.

And by using live prisoners, at that...

What...?

Isn't that right, Al?

Mm-hmm.

A guardian who was only a spirit.
A dangerous guy named Envy or something.

Not to mention Uroboros tattoos and
Philosopher's Stone transmutation circles.

I saw all of them there.

For experiments about a lousy stone, none
of those are laughing matters, huh?

I heard from Marcoh that Philosopher's Stones
were used in the Eastern Rebellion.

They said that for some reason, I was
being kept alive for their sakes.

Thanks for telling me.
Let me handle it from here.

Get some rest. Right now, you should just think about yourselves.

I'm finally here.

Let's see...

He said he was going to have a sign
or something ready for me...

Well, well, Winry! Thank you for taking
the trouble to come so far!

There it is.

You mean... I hadn't heard that
you were in the hospital!

Yeah, well, one thing led to another...

It's nothing to laugh about.

Winry...?

I didn't maintain you properly,
and now, this has happened.

This isn't particularly your fault! Right, Al?

Mm-hmm.

There, you hear that?

But...

Your maintenance was perfect!

Besides, sometimes it just
happens to stop moving.

If the timing hadn't been what it was, what
happened might have been worse.

And the reason it broke was because I was
using it too roughly in the first place.

CouId it be that he hasn't noticed that
I forgot to tighten that screw?

Well, sure! Ed, you're always too rough!

Hey...

Excuse me. Lieutenant Colonel, there's
a phone call from Colonel Mustang.

Yo! You called at a good time!
I have great news!

You found Scar!?

Huh!? How would that be great news!?
Have you forgotten?

Tomorrow is Elicia's birthday!

Unless you want to turn into charcoal, report
your current situation immediately!

Don't worry. If anything happens, I'll contact you.
More importantly, be sure to send Elicia a present.

Bye now!

Um, are you sure it's okay
not to report anything?

It's okay. Right now, he doesn't
need to know anything.

Never mind that, how are those reports I requested?

Working without rest, I've finally finished them!

Okay, here's what's next.

How're you doing, Ed?

What do you know, you're done eating already.

Y-yeah.

Well then, let me fix you right away...

You left your milk.

Ed...

Please, anything but that.

What are you talking about!? Milk is good
for the body! Drink it right now!

Shut up! If I hate it, I hate it! Not drinking my
milk isn't particularly going to k*ll me!

Ah, geez! This is the reason why you're
always going to be such a bean sprout!

- That's right, bean sprout.

- Bean sprout?

Right, Al?

No you don't, Brother.
You have to drink it.

Yeah, yeah. Good for you, Al. You got all
big without having to drink this stuff.

I...

...didn't get this body because I wanted to.

S-sorry...

What's the matter between you two?

Al?

Did something happen?

Well?

Why...?

How come you never talk to me?

About your injuries, or about the two of you?

Here I'm so worried, and yet you
still refuse to talk!? Ed! Al!

I don't care anymore!

Yo! Nice to meet you, Winry.

I'm Lieutenant Colonel Maes
Hughes. It's a pleasure.

And this...

...is my adorable Elicia!

How about it? Cute, right?
You'd like to meet her, right?

- All right! I'll let you meet her!

- Y-yeah, sure...

Okay then, I'll look after Winry! Later!

- You are so lucky!

- Um-mm...

After all, tomorrow is Elicia's birthday.

Now that you mention it, so is Ed's...

Sure. We'll have to get a
present for him, too.

So, what kind of present are
you going to give Elicia?

Huh?

What? A stuffed teddy bear?
And a giant-size one at that?

Elicia will be thrilled with that!

Happy birthday, Elicia!

- Way to go, Elicia!

- Congratulations!

Congratulations!

Apples, you see, are best if
you coat them with syrup.

So that's how you did it.

Lately, my own daughter has been...

- What a cute bear.

- Nice, Elicia.

Elicia.

Happy birthday.
Here's your present.

Thanks, Sissy Bookworm.

Bookworm?

Sissy?

Elicia, can you tell me how
old you've become?

Four!

How adorable!

Sissy, know what?

Congratulations! Congratulations!
Congratulations!

Papa says that the more people say "congratulations"
to you, the more good things will happen to you.

That's why I'm telling you too, Sissy.

Elicia...

Looking at you like this, it's
almost like you're siblings.

Really... I wish I had a little sister like
this. I'm an only child, after all.

You do have brothers, you know.

Brothers would talk to me more about things.

Ever since long ago, they've never talked
about anything important with me.

Can't help that. Guys are creatures that demonstrate
things more by their actions than with their words.

As much as possible, they don't want to burden anyone
besides themselves when they're having difficulties.

Nor do they want to worry others.
That's why they don't say anything.

And even so, at the very end, when they
finally do give in and complain,

I'll bet you're the only one they do it to, aren't you?

When that happens, you're the one who
receives them. Isn't that enough?

If their older sister makes that kind of face,

the younger brothers won't ever
come to depend on her, will they?

Hughes...

Here!

Thanks for waiting. I've finished
baking a birthday cake for Ed.

Go ahead, go, go!

Here.

But Hughes, don't you have a present for Ed?

What are you talking about? There's no present
that's a match for your smiling face, Winry.

Congratulations! Congratulations!
Congratulations!

Know what? They say that on your birthday, the more
you get told "congratulations", the happier you'll be.

Here. This is from Glacier.

O-oh...

I made sure to learn how to make it from her, so once
you're able to eat, I can make it for you at any time, Al.

Mm-hmm.

Now that you mention it, when we were kids, the three
of us always used to eat cake together, huh?

Uh-huh. And that one time, Den ate
Al's cake. And then Al bawled.

Right, right.

I-Is that so?

You were still little.
Don't you remember?

Mm-mm.

Is something wrong?

I'll be outside until you finish
repairing Brother.

Al...

Are you sure you're okay out here?

Yes.

Okay, I'll come back to get you later.

Thanks.

Say, Ed, something happened
between you and Al, didn't it?

I... did something awful to him.

I had the chance to return him
back to normal, but I hesitated.

How come?

I would have had to sacrifice other people.

Next to Al, they should have been
people who I didn't care about...

But I couldn't... while he watched alongside...

It's good that you didn't.

After all, Al wouldn't be happy...

...if someone else ended up being sacrificed,

even if it did mean he could return to normal.

But still...

More importantly, I wonder if Al isn't upset over seeing
you about to sacrifice someone even once, Ed.

Suppose your personality and memories were implanted in you as it suited your brother.

These people are all Homunculus
- "perfectly created humans".

Was I ever really human?

All finished.

Come on, let's go to Al.

But what do I say to him?

What are you talking about?

Just say "sorry", and apologize to him.
You're always stuck for words.

All right.

Al, I'm sorry.
I'll fix you up right away.

Look, I brought a bunch of
stuff from Resembool.

Al, I'm not giving up.

We'll do things our way, and get ourselves back
to normal for sure, okay? No matter what.

Maybe you can get back to normal like that, Brother,
but I wonder if I can ever really return to normal.

Of course you can.
Don't worry about it.

Here goes.

How's that?

That's the way you bonded my soul
to this armor back then, huh?

Yeah.

Along with my memories...

Memories are nothing more than
simply information, after all.

An alchemist as good as you, Brother, would have no
trouble concocting a person's memories, right?

Is that... what you've been thinking?

Brother, earlier, in Resembool, there was something
you were about to tell me, but stopped, remember?

Something you were too afraid
to say to me up to now.

It's that my soul and memories and everything are really
something fake that you came up with, wasn't it?

No! What Ed wanted to say to you was-

Never mind!

After all, the person named Alphonse
Elric never existed in this world.

What are you saying!?
You two have always been together!

Besides, there's been me, and
Grandma! Believe me, Al!

What would you have me believe?

What would you have me believe,
with this hollow body?

It's possible that all of you are
deceiving me together, isn't it?

You've...

...been saving that up all this time?

Is that all you have to say?

What about you, Brother!?
Answer my question!

Why don't you say anything!?

Why!?

Let go of me.

There's no point in me living!

You stupid jerk!

Let me go! Let me go!

Al!

Let me go!!

Ed!

Al...

Stay back.

Al...!

Stay back...

Keep away!!

Al!

Al!

Al!

Ed!

Al!

Al!!

Fullmetal Alchemist!

Episode 24: "Bonding of Memories"

Even if everybody else has forgotten, I still remember...

Your voice... your warmth... your smile...