Ed stops in the middle of his sentence. He waits.
"Yeah?" comes Roy's delayed response. The man is hunched over piles of paperwork, writing.
Edward doesn't speak. He swallows, frowning. He had a lot on his chest and didn't want to burden Al. And he actually talked to the colonel.
Mustang never once interrupted him. Ed sees why.
The boy doesn't get angry; that would indicate that this upset him.
Roy looks up. "You were saying–?" But Fullmetal isn't in his office.
The blond trudges down the hallway.
"Is something wrong, Brother?" comes a familiar, metallic voice.
"…Nah, I'm fine."