"This pie tastes good.…" Edward stated as he bit off a piece of the pie that Hughes gave them before they left.
"What good people Hughes and his wife are!" Winry exclaimed as a respond to Edward's statement.
"Yeah, that's quite true. Right, Nii-san?" Of course, Al knew how much the lieutenant colonel annoyed Edward. But, he knew that somewhere deep down in his brother's heart, the lieutenant colonel very important indeed.
"No. Hughes is a very loving dad. Ugh! Somehow, I don't know how Elysia and Gracia can stand it. He loves his wife and daughter too much. He's a weirdo." Of course, Edward rather die than admit to the truth that Hughes was a good man.
"But, he always tells us jokes. Isn't it, Nii-san?" Jokes, that were absolutely not funny, of course.
"Yeah, but they are so illogical. And besides, he always lets us see the pictures of his wife and daughter. Whenever he visits, he would tell us about how busy he is and so forth. But on the contrary, he visits us every single day." Rolling his eyes, Edward smirked at the memories of Hughes' visits.
"Nii-san, Have you ever wondered why the lieutenant colonel cares so much for us? Sometimes, it seems like he treats us more like his children."
"Who knows!" Well, not that I never tried to understand why…
"Edward, remember to thank Hughes when you go back to Central."
Suddenly, it was as if Edward was hallucinating. He saw Hughes waving to him.
He rubbed his eyes and realized that he was just hallucinating. Must be because of the lack of sleep I'm having, huh?
"Edward, what is it? What did you see?" Peering out of the window, Winry was disappointed to find an empty train station. What could possibly attracted his attention so?
"Nope, it was nothing." Snapping out of his trance, Edward simply muttered while finishing of the last bit of the pie. Then, they took the opportunity to rest as the trip to Rush Valley was 3 hours long.
When they reached Rush Valley, what they saw was really shocking. Though, it was quite expected. Along the roads were rows and rows of shops, mostly auto-mail shops, of course. Then, Edward saw a lady pestering her somewhat rich boyfriend to buy a necklace. Looking to the right, Winry was staring at an auto-mail. It was almost scary how Winry was addicted to auto-mails. It was even scarier to the fact of women's obsession when they set their eyes on something. Edward shivered visibly at that thought.
As they walked the streets, they saw many people crowding at the end of the street. Well, as they say, 'curiosity kills the cat', they just had to take a look. What did surprise them was the way that man was winning against his opponents. With just a look, Ed and Al knew that the man had cheated. Just when they wanted to leave, the current opponent had been beaten. Again. They were searching for another victim when they saw Edward.
"Hey, how about you, boy? But then, I suppose you wouldn't last a second. Judging by how small-sized you are, I'd say…." The guy was outright challenging Edward!
