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.Underwater.
There was a point when Al realized that he had never truly hated his metal body before then. His sensory deprivation and all the things he thought he hated before had only been annoyances. He thought he hated his armor body for those reasons, but he had been wrong. He truly despised his breathless armor when Edward was drowning from the inside and he could do nothing, only push on the unresponsive chest and hope that someone with lungs would come before it was too late. He had no breath to give Edward, and he hated his brother for it.