11. Liar
He does not tell her that she is a goddess. Roy, like most alchemists, finds safety in atheism, and to call Hawkeye—Hawkeye, who is his still point, the dream awake—something that he does not believe in is too much duplicity for him, too faithless and cruel for this thing that can only occasionally limit to the small word "love." He doesn't call her much of anything, really, as if to do so would be crude, cheap.
He concentrates instead upon how they complete one another, the puzzle of their convoluted souls, the fire singing in his veins, the delight she expresses with movements made by her gracious fingers