Interlude
Nii-san…it was too hard for you to do it alone. If only I hadn't chased after Scar and the Crimson Alchemist, back in Lior… If only I hadn't trusted Tucker when he called, his voice filled with desperation and hope… If only I hadn't been so easily taken in by the deceptions of the Homunculi …
…maybe you would still be alive.
This journey was supposed to be about the two of us. You shouldn't have been the one carrying the burden. I wanted to get you back to normal, too. But after I was transmuted into the Philosopher's Stone, I became helpless…and I hated that. I could only watch you get injured and wear your body down as you tried to protect me, a suit of armor, who feels no pain and does not tire. A suit of armor, whose metal is far tougher than flesh and blood. Nii-san, your own burden was heavy enough, yet you had to carry mine as well…
It was too much for one person alone. But now, let me be the one to save you, even if it means offering up all of myself.
…I'm sorry, Nii-san. It wasn't supposed to turn out like this.
You might be mad at me for sacrificing myself so you would live…like the way I got mad at you in East City, when you almost let Scar kill you so I could live.
But I can't just watch you die and not do anything about it. That's why…that's why I must use the Philosopher's Stone.
Your face, Nii-san, it's still warm. Your soul…it's close by, I can feel it…you haven't left. Not yet.
This is why the Philosopher's Stone was created.
Come back…Edward, Nii-san…
…come back.