[The boy in the bed comes awake with a start, crying out and thrashing as if something's grabbing at him, pulling him down, ripping him apart. His eyes shoot open, and his hands are still clutching at things in the dark, thrashing to brush his skin off, shuddering as if spiders are scrambling over his flesh, under his clothes
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Al, are you okay?
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[He bites his lower lip.]
Where... are we?
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This is Adstringendum... You were already here when I arrived...
[Fletcher is also confused as to why Alphonse looks like a younger Alfons Heiderich.... but he doesn't say anything about it. He'll ask Alfons later.]
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[Al's staring at his hand, opening and closing his fist, mesmerized. He guesses Fletcher has been here a while, if he actually recognizes him.]
Lose their memories.
... is Russell here, too?
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Y-yeah, that's about how it works...
Lose their memories? Is that what happened to you?
[He looks confused.]
Who's Russell?
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Russell. Your big brother? Blond, tall, blue eyes?
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N-Nevermind. Hey, are you somewhere safe?
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[Fletcher starts looking more and more nervous as he believes he's completely on his own now.] I-I know I'm by a greenhouse...
[He doesn't want to go anywhere near there now. Having a nightmare where you're practicing plant alchemy and where the plants come alive and strangle you to death will do that.]
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... are there any adults that live nearby, that you know? Can you go to them?
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Will you be okay too? Is Ed there? Or, uhm, Alfons? Or Negi? [He doesn't know who else lives with Al... and isn't even sure if Al knows who Negi and Alfons are.... He couldn't have forgotten his brother though, right?]
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N-No, Brother is... he's here.
[Al takes a deep breath, then another. He can't fall apart, not now. Fletcher needs him to stay strong.]
Alfons is too. And... Mom. I haven't seen anyone else yet.
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I'm sure Ed will help you... Take care of yourself. [He looks a little worried.]
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