[There is a woman wandering around the Entrance, attempting quite valiantly to stay upright. One hand is pressed tight against a wound at her throat, fresh but no longer bleeding; considering the amount of blood coating her skin, her clothes, and even the loose, long strands of blonde hair trailing down her back, this is probably for the best. A
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But it looked pretty bad.]
Lieutenant-!
[No really, how much can one person bleed?]
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Edward! [automatically she scans him, up and down and back again. He doesn't look injured, no more missing limbs, everything metal still in place as far as she can tell.] You're alive, that's good--
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[She doesn't really bother trying to hide her disgust, and fumbles (albeit somewhat weakly) for one of the weapons strapped to her everywhere, for all the good it will do.]
Only a fool tries the same trick twice.
[of course she thinks he's the homunculus who she was pretty sure the Colonel had just incinerated not a half hour ago. She stumbles a bit as she tries to release the safety on her pistol, pitching forward slightly.]
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But how the hell does one explain a lack of deadness in his life?]
Lieutenant, I know this is confusing, but I'm not Envy and I'm not dead.
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Memories would do.
Memories are what were helping him, right now.]
During the war in Ishbal, you shot a man through the temple to save Roy and I's lives. The first time we got to meet, I greeted you at the campsite afterward to thank you.
[He narrows his eyes, studying her movements.]
You're too injured to be standing around much longer. We have to get you medical attention.
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[--and then she freezes, and looks back between Hughes and Edward, frowning. Hughes most certainly had died, despite what her eyes were telling her now. Edward had been pulled away piece by piece into the unknown. She had sustained a serious injury.]
Have I died?
[Disobeying a direct order would be a problem.]
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The Colonel. Is the Colonel...here as well?
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You can't die, Lieutenant, or the Colonel would go on a rampage.
[Half-jokingly... right? :|
He put a hand on the shoulder that wasn't a mess of blood, reassured that she wasn't about to shoot him anymore.]
Do you need a hand? How much blood do you think you've lost?
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Is he here or isn't he?
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No-he hasn't made a peep if he is, anyway.
What happened back home, Lieutenant?
[The woman wasn't back from a normal day at work. He wondered-did it have to do with the transmutation circle...?]
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