[The boy sounds exhausted, like he's barely slept since the start of the event. Anyone who knows Al knows he's constantly busy with something or another, and he has a tendency to push himself past his endurance -- or perhaps he simply expects his limits to be more than they are. There is a light humming noise now and again in the background. For
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We captured it.
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[He says, sounding completely serious.]
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... o-oh?
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You really don't remember, hmm?
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I'm afraid not.
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You and Ed were attempting to come up with an idea to trap a homunculus, and I offered my services out of the kindness in my heart. While you two lured Scar into the open and engaged in a fight, myself and my bodyguard waited for the homunculi, whom you speculated would come because they didn't want you brothers dead. They came. I used an explosive, and Edward transmuted metal wire that we used to tie it down so that when its regeneration was complete, the wires would dig too deeply into its flesh to allow for movement.
[Why, no, he's not saying anything about Ran Fan or King Bradley, thank you very much.]
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There's just... one thing.
... you, a prince of Xing, all the way across the desert, in the company of two alchemists, and military at that... risked your life to help us that much.
It's not that I don't believe you, I just don't believe that that's the whole story of why. Even really good people need a reason to be that generous.
[Why yes, he is much more suspicious than Ling remembers.]
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...Maybe I'm just really interested in you two.
[He's also less metallic, but Ling doesn't know that yet.]
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[He's been good at hiding it~]
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