Super random/pointless/short/useless/derpy story ahead. I don't even know.

I don't own FMA!

Brother feels many things about his automail, I can tell. He tries to pretend that he doesn't have any most of the time.

He's not ashamed of showing it and he doesn't hide it, per se, but he's not going to shout about it to the world.

He regards them as yet another good lesson, to not go near the sun again. A reminder of the things we've done.

His automail reminds him of Winry and Pinako, but mostly Winry. He doesn't know if that makes automail good or bad. Because Winry worked very hard on something that's one of a kind just for him.

He's somewhat thankful for it. Transmuting his arm into a blade has saved ours and others' lives many times.

I don't like them. They give him even more unnecessary pain. They make him hate the cold, which he used to love because of the snow, and they make the heat even more unbearable.

They remind me that the reason he has metal and wires for an arm was because I couldn't hold myself well enough. Remind me of how weak I was.

When they're reconnected to his nerves, I can see it in his eyes for a split second before they shut tight in pain.

The remorse, the pain, the memories, the nightmares, the moments when he was sure he wouldn't, couldn't, get back up.

Brother always tells me that my body is worse. Yes, it's got its pros and cons, but it doesn't give me constant pain, at least. I think they're equally bad, albeit in different ways.

It doesn't help that Brother isn't at all patient. Automail generally brings out the worst in him, makes him seem older than his few years.

Brother says having automail is bearable, but I've never told him that watching him deal with it isn't bearable. If I did, he would surely look at them with even more contempt than he does now.

I don't want that. I want him to be whole again. He says he doesn't deserve it. He does, really. He's made some horrible mistakes, as have I, but I think he's atoned for them.

After helping so many people and regaining the arm that I cost him, he's come the closest to being whole again than he ever has before.

And I genuinely feel that nobody could have a better big brother than me.

Thanks for reading!

–Samsung Super Aladdin Boy II