Even in death you were promoted before me. Ironic, isn't it?

I sit and write down what I feel about this whole ordeal; Jealousy? Pity? Grief?

I don't know,

You help me decide, I'll burn this so it may reach you if there is another life after this.

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I'm just trying to be a father,
Raise a daughter ,

Ah, Hughes, we're going to miss your constant photo-sharing of 'Elicia-chan', and it's not going to be the same without your boundless energy bouncing around the office.

Be a lover to their mother,
Everything to everyone.

You certainly were a great lover to their mother, remember when the Elrics helped her with the delivery of Elicia? And you certainly were a great friend, and least of all you were a dedicated member of the military staff.

Up and at 'em bright and early,
I'm all in my business suit,
Yeah, I'm dressed for success from my head down to my boots,

I don't even remember seeing you in military attire. Did you ever wear it? Hughes, I seriously don't think you wore boots, but maybe you did. You seemed more the type to wear those wacky Hawaiin T-shirts than anything we issued you.

I don't do it money, there's still bills that I can't pay,
I don't do it for the glory, I just do it anyway,for

I guess you were always that way, but with that big of a house I hope you payed your bills, you don't wan't Gracia to be saddled with your debts, do you?

Providing for our future's my responsibility,
Yeah I'm real good under pressure, being all that I can be,
And I can't call in sick on Mondays when the weekends been to strong,
I just work straight through the holidays,
And sometimes all night long.

Yeah, we were quite the 'close-knit' family around here. I appologize now for having made you stay through the holidays a few years ago; Those few days seemed so trivial then. But now...

You can bet that I stand ready when the wolf growls at the door,
Hey, I'm solid, hey I'm steady, hey I'm true down to the core,

Yeah, you were definitley true. True to yourself, your wife, your daughter and us.

And I will always do my duty, no matter what the price,
I've counted up the cost, I know the sacrifice,
Oh, and I don't want to die for you,
But if dyin's asked of me,
I'll bear that cross with an honor,
'Cause freedom don't come free.

You did die for us, but really for what? We didn't uncover anything new, and now we have the mystery of the killer on our hands too.

I was a central soldier,
Beside my brothers and my sisters I will proudly take a stand,
When liberty's in jeopardy I will always do what's right,
I'm out here on the front lines, sleep in peace tonight.

Heh, if the Elrics' new you were dead it would only add more misery to them, they'd definitley not sleep in peace.

Central soldier,
An Central Soldier

That you certainly were.

--Roy Mustang

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And the paper burns slowly, no one but the writer knowing the contents of it.