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armoralchemy

At Death's Door... Or Is It?...

Oct 18, 2007 20:55

At the edge of consciousness there is a sensation that is very rarely talked of. It is what occurs when death is imminent, the mind lets go and accepts the fate while the body rigidly denies what is happening ( Read more... )

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notashortbean October 19 2007, 04:53:13 UTC

One moment - they had been facing imminent and certain death, and Ed had been resigned to it. Resigned and accepting, looking ahead towards the future, even if all it contained was oblivion. He doesn't believe in God, you see, so he doesn't believe in a life after death, except for those who may find themselves at a place at the end of the universe.

It was comforting in a way, really, even if he was angry that Al insisted on going with him. Ed hadn't regretted the loss of all the possible things he could have done - all he can think is finally, it's over. It's this thought that he took solace in, and when he lost sight of everything, lost sight of his brother, it was the last thing he's aware of ( ... )

armoralchemy October 19 2007, 05:11:47 UTC

"Brother." The single word is spoken loudly, yet heard not. It's felt in the core of his being.

"Brother, why are we here?"

The question is not in regards to there location but their position in time space it self.

The unspoken statement is in Al's eye's "We shouldn't be here."

notashortbean October 19 2007, 05:30:35 UTC

Speaking without speaking, hearing without hearing. It's all a part of the essence of this place, the way energy passes, the way time moves... it's a fluid place, and it represents many things, but above all, it represents a possible decision.

If there's ever been anything close to God, this is it, the place that governs so closely over the lifes of alchemists. Ed doesn't express this sentiment, but he doesn't repress it, so his feelings on it should be all too obvious to Al. Don't bother to think about it, Ed's expression says. Just accept it.

"It's offering itself to us."

armoralchemy October 19 2007, 23:42:15 UTC

Al's face scrunches up, forming a sour expression that Ed knows all to well.

"But what do we have left to give brother, We've lost our homes, our lives, even each other?"

the look on Al's face changes as he speaks his eyes have a slight panic in them as he physically checks himself, as if to make sure every thing is there.

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