had he an attempt at ERASING this being from existence in exchange for his own life, and he might not shy away from it. which was stupid, yes, endlessly stupid, but fitting no less; call it revenge, call it emotional outburst, call it making all the wrong choices all over again — but what right did the sin have to blemish she whom the alchemist held dearest, and slither right through it without consequence? were consequences saved only for humans, while the artificial ones were allowed everything && more? what of equivalent exchange, thus? were they meant to strive only on painless lessons?
to be sure, not that Edward had chosen the most suitable timing for philosophical dilemmas; erudition could wait till matters were less grim — less dark, literally less dark. tentacles of DARKNESS tight around him, tighter && tighter, holding a war trophy for all the world to see. the boy’s own world reduced to blood and mangled flesh, however, and, worse (appalling, despairing, ghastly), not his own; hers. the sinner takes false step after false step and the innocent takes the toll.
‘ shut up… shut up, just shut the fuck up! you don’t know ANYTHING!! ‘
neither did he, as demonstrated by current state of the art; speak thou, whom’d have done differently in presence of LOVED ONE but turned to shadow of her own self. shadow, shadows all around him… and words sharper even than those blades, come from the child in such gentle tone like honey dripping poison. Al… oh, yes, now that was a definite stab at his heart, and sufficed to shift fiery glow of golden hues to one suddenly obscured by sentiment more intense even than pride: GUILT. for it was true… who was to blame, if not him? what sort of miserable big brother would inflict such atrocious fate on little one? i never meant to… i wish i could take it back, i wish i’d never done it… and here was the silly butterfly, flying straight into spider’s web; Alphonse && Winry, both, forever his blind spot.
‘ i’m— i’m going to return him to his real body… this
is our PROMISE! and he knows it! ‘
‘ my , my , what a dirty mouth you have . perhaps your tongue should be the next thing i remove after this arm of yours . ’ HE WAS JUST A CHILD ! naive human who knew nothing of that world which he lived in . appearance wise , it would seem like edward was the elder , one who could unlock all the secrets of the world for this young child : yet , didn’t appearances rarely show the whole truth ? for he was a vessel that carried with him so much age , FIRST SIN TO BE CREATED ; had lived to see lifetime after lifetime , led so many humans to the ends of theirs . that and , the souls of many still writhed within him ; worthy sacrifices to sustain his being .
& while it stood true that edward himself was also a worthy sacrifice , it would still remain out of line to provoke those who were so evidently above him . ‘ i’ve seen humans play into our hands , over and over again , for the last four hundred years . they always act so HIGH & MIGHTY but they never fail to bend to our will . ’ so foolish & so weak , so easily manipulated to do the homunculi’s bidding . & could edward tell pride that he was not the same ? he who touched the sun even when he knew just flames alone could burn down wax wings ...
‘ all of you are SO PREDICTABLE , would risk your lives for something as irrational as love . ’ such a human emotion , so naturally it would make him feel disgust . smirk / crescent moon remained unfaltering on lips ; shadow moved to cut at boy’s cheek ( almost to tease / mock , let the other know how easily crushed he would be ) , spilling forth crimson blood , not ichor , another reminder that he was far from godhood .
‘ PROMISES . how naive ; to think that you would fabricate hope upon an empty basis . you are certainly more foolish than i’d previously believed . ’ that sudden scraping of metal against metal interrupted his train of thought , & SMILE STRAYED CLOSER & CLOSER TO DEVILISHNESS ! ‘ oh , my ... it seems like your time is running out , edward elric . ’
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