(A/N-Edit: Jeebus, I hate this drabble. I'd like to delete it, but I hate doing that; maybe I'm just a literary packrat. Anywho, skip this one, please, and go to a better chapter. Thank you.)

When brother was there, Al always took his side. He couldn't help it. He was, after all, his only big brother, and Alphonse loved him more than he loved anything else in the world. It was only natural that they had to protect each other at all costs, and that meant against everyone else.

When brother was there, Alphonse would not hesitate to attack Wrath if need be. He was a homunculus; He had stolen Brother's limbs;the sin wouldn't bat an eye if he had to take the rest of Ed's body. The normally demure Elric could not let such things happen, no matter how merciful his nature. That was the way things were when Brother was there.

But when Brother was gone, Alphonse could not help but pity the child.