Fall to the floor
Blood pounding in your ears
Blinded by the smoke and by the darkness
Cry out, but know that the only thing that can hear you
Is your sin
Staring at you with cold, glowing eyes
A retch, then silence
Choke on your own breath
Glance backwards at the crater in the floor
Where your little brother used to be
Think with a desperate, racing mind-
Alphonse, Al, AL!
Use your remaining limbs to pull yourself to that old armor
The one that you and your brother used to play with
Remember when you knocked it over, and your mother got upset?
But forget that now
If you hadn't clung to the past in the first place
You wouldn't be here now
Use your entire body to knock it over
The loud clatter it makes is drowned out by the blood in your head
The helmet's fallen off
Crawl over to the torso
Every second feels like ages too long
Inside the armor is only darkness
Only now grateful for the blood that spills out of the raw veins
That poke out of your leg, as though torn at by a wild animal
Swipe your hand
Come up with a handful of blood
Ignore the pain, ignore the pain
This must be done perfectly
Otherwise your brother's soul is lost
Sort through your whirling mind
Latch onto that soul binding technique you read so long ago
Draw the circle
Draw the lines
There's no end to the blood, your supply won't run out
Use your remaining strength to press your hands to it
Don't smudge it, don't smear it
Ah, back again, are we?
Foolish boy
Don't you realize the fate you've just entered?
