"Fucking Ed thinks he's so damn smart." I grumble, kicking some rocks as I wander the streets of Central. "I can fix stuff too. Can't believe those guys. Acting like a bunch'a dumbasses."

To be truthful, I haven't been back to the hotel all morning, but I've seen Ed and Al running around like doofuses fixing stuff for people. Their "ingenious" plan to draw out the homunculi via drawing out Scar the fucking murderer in action.

I'm pretty worried for them, if I'm being honest with myself. Hopefully, I'll be nearby when it happens so I can intervene if need be. Even if I'm not, I'm keeping track of their Ki so I'll know where they are. If it spikes dramatically, I'm fucking teleporting over there and kicking both their asses.

Of course, as an effect to this whole plan of theirs, Ed's the talk of the town. I've heard people call him a true "Hero of the People". Fitting, I suppose.

I'm not "lost", per-say, despite the fact I've been wandering aimlessly almost all day. I'm just… losing myself in the crowd and the day, trying to forget myself... I think? I'm not actually sure that makes sense.

Neither of the boys have noticed me, and I've been taking care not to let them. One, because I don't want to distract them. Two, because I don't want them to come running after me on the off chance that they're worried about what happened earlier. I hope they're not, because I'm the last thing they need to worry about at the moment.

"Bet you're real mad at me now, right?" I say, then sigh. She's still not in my head. Damn, how am I supposed to get used to that?

"Should I be?"

Probably….Wait, WHAT?!

My head snaps up as my eyes widen. Lo and behold, there she is,arms crossed and an eyebrow raised, frowning like she's concerned, but I don't have enough brain functionality to decide whether she's pretending or not.

Or even if she's really here.

"Wh-wait.. Lillian, is it… You're…" My eyes water a little, but I smile and chuckle. "What, things got boring for you so you had to come bother me?"

She frowns, going more bothered than concerned, and taps her foot. "I haven't seen you this bad since… well, I've never seen you at this level, but it hasn't been anywhere near this bad since…" She stops and looks a bit sad and glances away before sighing. "So what'd he do now?"

"What are you talking about?" I ask, tilting my head as I straighten up.

"The midget." She huffs and squints at me. "He's obviously done something to upset you again. What happened?"

I look down, feeling my shoulders slump. "I just... I did something stu-"

"I didn't ask what you did. I asked what he did." I wince at the way she says that.

"... A lot has happened since I last saw you." I mumble, looking off to the side, the corner of a nearby building suddenly drawing my attention.

"Oh for the love of fuck, he's got you blaming yourself for it?" She throws her arms up, obviously fed up my everything right now. "Well ain't that just fan-fucking-tastic!"

"It's not really your problem anyways." I grumble, feeling my nose scrunch up as my lips curl into a growl. "You decided leaving me on my own to become some.. Gang leader was better!"

I feel my body shaking and something at the back of my throat threaten to make me gag, but I hold it back to stand taller, glaring as emotions well up in my chest. Her eyes widen in surprise, though it's quickly replaced with her usual squint and scoff.

"Oh, I'm sorry, do you want me to hold your goddamn hand forever?" She steps closer, eyes glowing with a fire I haven't seen in so long, teeth clenching as she bares them to me in a snarl. "Grow the hell up, Lisa! You need to get your shit together and deal with shit on your own, like a fucking adult!"

I step back, still feeling my body shake but stronger now, the anger fading and replaced with a sick guilt that makes me want to vomit.