Ah, I'm so glad I finally finished this chapter. It was actually more difficult than I expected to finish this chapter (Or get past the first few sentences, for that matter : P). With that said I enjoyed writing this chapter.

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Scar awoke to the smell of cooking food. He rolled over to see Lydia serving something as she called aloud, "Breakfast is ready." Scar stared at her until he remembered everything that had happened, The military beginning to search harder, and his decision to use Lydia to find the Crimson Lotus Alchemist.

Scar moved to sit down where he grabbed a plate and began to eat. He couldn't help but admit as he did that it felt nice to eat a meal rather than subsisting on whatever he could get. He glanced up and noticed that each of the three children were eating quietly. He looked back at his food a minute later. Well behaved children were nothing exceptional in Ishval.

Shortly after the group finished eating they began moving again. The military was too active for them to stay in one place for too long. After some time of walking, Lydia approached him and murmured, "I need to talk to you about something." Lydia waited to be sure that he was listening before she said, "I have three things that I must say. The first being that no matter what happens, I will always place the safety of my children first. The only reason I came, was so that I would survive to care for my children."

Lydia paused before she added, "And that brings me to my second point, I will never approve of your murderous ambitions. I was raised to believe that murder is wrong, and I will not yield on that point. Last of all, I don't want you to imply in any way that revenge is acceptable. I want to instill god morals in all of my children and vengeance will not do that."

Lydia breathed out shakily and appeared relieved as she said, "That was all I wanted to say." Before Scar could respond, Lydia headed towards her children and picked up Edgar as she grasped Elsie's hand.

Scar frowned, he could only wonder what she thought gave her the right to judge him. He doubted that Lydia had been subjected to the horrors he had. During the years of war, she would have slept safely at home while he simply hoped to see his family alive the next day. Yes, few Amestrian women would adopt Ishvalan children willingly. But to do so while being involved with the Crimson Lotus Alchemist? That was foolishness in of itself.

For several hours, Scar continued to brood. He thought up several reasons to back up his earlier argument until he was finally satisfied with his correctness.

As Scar continued to walk, he heard quick footsteps approach and turned to see Aaron hurry to walk beside him. For several minutes the boy said nothing, A couple time he would open his mouth only to shut it a moment later having not spoken a word. After this repeated a few times Scar aid abruptly, "If you're going to talk, then talk."

Aaron glanced up with a somber expression on his face as he said, "You're the serial killer, the Scarred Man, correct?" Scar nodded, he hadn't expected Lydia to tell her children about an Ishvalan murderer. Aaron looked forward as he continued, "Elsie and Edgar never heard about you, but I made her tell me. She didn't tell me that you were the Scarred Man either, I figured it out on my own."

Scar looked down at the boy ask he opened his mouth to asked a question When Aaron said, "If you wanted to know if I knew my mom was dating the Crimson Lotus Alchemist, Solf J. Kimblee, than yes, I did."

Scar frowned as he asked, "Then why didn't you question her about it." Aaron glanced up again as he said, "because, mom knew Kimblee personally and I'd only vaguely heard about him. I thought, maybe he was only like that it the war. Or maybe she could change his mind. I wanted to think the best of him for my mom."

Scar's brow furrowed deeper as he said, "Kimblee is a mass murderer. He can't be changed for the better." Aaron didn't bother looking back at him as he responded, "So says another murderer."

Scar looked harder at the thirteen year-old as he said firmly, "I only began killing because of what the state alchemists did to our kinsmen. The dead deserve recompense, and that is what I'm doing." Aaron shook his head as he responded slowly, "It doesn't matter that they started it, you're continuing it. By killing them like that, you're just as guilty as they are." Aaron hesitated for a moment before he added softly, "Two wrongs don't make a right. Both of my mothers taught me that lesson."

With those words, Aaron hurried to stand his mother. However, Scar did'nt have in in him to be angry at the boy."

Bit of a short chapter. Anyway, I felt like both Lydia and Aaron needed to state their opinions to Scar whether he liked it or not. Especially Lydia.

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