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[hands4healing]

It's 3 October, and it's the anniversary of the day Ed and Al burned down their house. I still remember standing there, feeling the heat like a fist battering against me. I could barely breathe from how hot it was. I was crying, because I knew that Ed and Al were leaving to go on their quest, and because this was really the end of our lives

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[truthinfortune]

I think we've all changed for the better. And you all have become so much stronger than you were before.

[hands4healing]

Thank you, Naoto. I'd like to think that, too.

[truthinfortune]

Still, it's hard to believe that it's been over a year since I first met Ed and Al. So much has happened in that short period of time.

When things first started out, I was just offering them asylum because they were friends of Mello's. But then I got to know them better, and I couldn't help but see a bit of myself in Ed. The person I was once like when I was young and still searching for my place. I'm glad I was able to help him on his journey, even if it was only a little. I wonder if this is how Senpai felt after helping all of us...?

[hands4healing]

It's been almost a year and a half since the community found me.

Ed and Al are both amazing young men. The people they've become...I'd like to say I've had part in shaping that, but. [Winry shrugs.] I can be proud of them, no matter what.

[truthinfortune]

I think you did, Winry, even if you don't realize it yourself. The people that we meet in life--whether chance encounters or enduring friendships--those people influence us, even if just in a small way. I know for a fact that all the people I've come into contact with during the course of my life have all helped to shape me into the person I am today.

And you'll continue to support him for the rest of your life. After all, your his wife now.

[hands4healing]

Yes, I'll always support Ed. And Al, too. They mean the world to me.