24 – Illusion of control
Al is nearly forty when Ed is shot in the back. Anger and grief strike simultaneously at his heart and Al tries desperately to curb his rage as he rushes to his brother's bedside. When he finds out the person who did this to his brother was really after him, Al nearly passes out, the others think it is shock, but really, Al knows that it was from the tension of holding back his fury. As his brother's condition worsens, Al makes a vow to kill the person who did this to his brother, Edward, Al can't stand to see his elder brother in this state. It's only later, when Ed has recovered enough to speak, that Al finds out that when he pulled the trigger, Ed came to, somehow, Al thinks his brother already knows and won't say a word.
