Chapter 4
When dawn chased the shadows of the night away and lit the room, the stoic girl blinked her blue eyes open and sat up in the bed, looking around the room with an unfeeling gaze. She moved almost robotically, stepping out of bed and walking to the sink.
"You brush your teeth?" Matthew asked, still in bed.
"It's good hygiene." She answered tonelessly.
"Well, yeah." He said, climbing down from the bunk and walking next to her. His hair was a mess and he looked groggy overall; there were bags over his eyes and he held himself in a slouch. Cracked white trails indicated that his eyes had been watering. "But," He continued, "I just thought you... uh... nevermind."
Reyn nodded. "You can tell me when you remember, Matthew." She droned. "For now let us eat. That is the proper way to act in the morning, yes?"
Matthew nodded. "Yeah..." He walked out the door as Reyn followed.
The halls were white. Everything was white as Reyn and the young soldier strode proudly through the corridor, making their way to the mess hall. As per usual, Reyn's face was a stone mask. She absorbed every detail of the hallway, her eyes flickering from here to there, and back again.
"Do you think?" Matthew asked.
"Of course."
They arrived upon the mess hall and took their food gingerly.
"Amestris' alchemy is complicated." Matthew started, drawing a circle on the napkin between he and Reyn. "It starts with a circle."
Reyn nodded, looking at him intently. "You know of their alchemy? How so, may I ask?" She stared at him with blank eyes as he began listing the basics of alchemy. "One cannot obtain something, without losing something of equal value." Matthew continued. "I lived in Amestris for some time." He explained to her. "Using alchemy was essential there."
The girl nodded, staring at the circle with great intensity.
"So anyway..." Matthew finished for now, "This evening we're being deposited at the battlefront." Reyn snapped to attention instantly as he continued.
He began to explain their plans for that day.
Tomorrow, everything would change.
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