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Determination is deciding to do something about his circumstances and arriving at the scene of the crime, a gun in hand, willing enough to fight for both of his worlds --
Loyalty is seeing Alfons there, and knowing he needs to pull him out. Make him leave, somehow, make him get to safety, make him figure out that he doesn't need to do all of this --
Shock is finally finding his father, only to see him in the mouth of the dragon, only to hear Hohenheim state that he has to make up for all of his sins, only to experience the man forcing Envy's jaws around him, only to --
Guilt is his father sacrificing himself for Edward's sake, sacrificing himself to open the gate, and as the blood spills down, all Edward can think is that once again, this is all his fault --
Sacrifice is poor Alfons Heiderich, using the rocket that he built to propell Edward to the other side of the gate, refusing to let him stay, refusing to go with him, and staying behind to make sure it works --
Hopelessness is seeing Noa, seeing her reach for him and knowing that Ed cannot and will not do anything to save her, that he will leave her behind and be glad for it, that he does not have any use for her any longer --
Faith is arriving home and trusting in Winry to give him limbs that work, so he can track down his wayward brother, so that together, the Elrics can fix this mess --
Enlightenment is knowing that he cannot seperate himself from the situation, and that he is not going to bail, and that no matter what happens, he will have done the fucking best he can to stop this useless war --
And failure, failure is not an option.
It doesn't even enter into the equation.