Suppose time is a circle, bending back on itself. The world repeats itself, precisely, endlessly.

They had grown used to each other over the years. To the casual observer, he never appreciated her…and she never saw her own worth.

But they didn't care. They were quite content taking each other for granted. They were quite content knowing it would be routine…that they would see each other every day like this. He was content in knowing she will remain at his side with the muted affection that filled his empty heart. She was content in knowing her life was not wasted and that the country could become a better place.

He would sit in his chair and lazily scratch a signature and she would file it in the appropriate place. The window would be open, permitting a soft breeze to caress their backs every so often as the hours idly ticked by.

Roy would wonder vaguely how it ever became like this. How nothing ever seems to change…how they seem to neither age nor change. They remain constant…never ending…in a circle…never able to move forward.

Riza would berate harshly when she notices him falling into another one of his musings again. They have a life to live; they must never look back…for time will certainly not do so. She calls him useless for spending too much time pondering.

They will complete the cycle and begin it once more.

They will meet at her father's house and fall in love again. They will frolic among the green grass on lazy afternoons again and she will fall in his arms underneath the oak tree…both with impossible dreams behind sleepy eyes. They will kill in the Ishval Extermination War and be stripped of their innocence and spirit again. He will see the scar and cement their relationship…he will burn the scar and forever sever anything else they may ever have had.

They cannot ignore it. For how can they? If they have repeated these happenings millions of times before, they will continue to do so…until the end of time.

This is really my way of understanding Alan Lightman's Einstein's Dreams and catch things I might have missed just by reading it through. And besides, it was in the same place and time. I couldn't help myself. xD I can only hope I can do enough justice to one of the most profound relationships I have ever known. Reviews would be lovely. =]