Work in progress. "Search for the value of that which you seek, for alchemy already knows." Alchemy knew what Ed wanted when his fingertips touched that circle, but Ed did not yet understand how value differs from price, how equivalent differs from equal. The Gate calculates with one small difference, and Trisha Elric lives - but the cost may be too high for Ed to afford.

In which Naruto comments that, "Nara men have pheromones that attract scary women." And Shikamaru thinks back over his life and decides he might be right...but is it just girls? Maybe it's more of a blonde thing... Next in the A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words Series. Unrelated to previous stories.