16. Promise
"Please, Mr. Mustang. Please just tell me whatever you know about him. About what happened."
Roy forced himself to look back at the youth, telling himself to remember that this wasn't Edward, despite the younger brother's seeming desire to appear as such. He had a moment's annoyance, not for the first time, that Alphonse would do such a thing, but he didn't seem to even realize.
Those wide eyes were waiting for an answer, though, begging for it, and Roy understood now why Ed had always been unable to say no to his brother.
"Seven years ago, he made a promise to you, Alphonse. He spent five years trying to make good on it. The fact that you are sitting here as you are is proof that he did."