All the Words Written

by The-Missing-Paige

Years after the events of Brotherhood, Edward and Roy have given into romance and are now living together. While trying to make the place a little tidier, Ed finds some letters from Roy to him that he's never seen before…and they remind him that he has some unsent letters of his own. Slow burn.

36. Chapter 36

Colonel,

If one good thing was to come out of the past couple of days, it's that me and Al may have a new lead on what to do about our bodies. When we were with Father, our alchemy didn't work—he did something to the energy and we couldn't do anything. But there was a little girl with us, May. She's from Xing, and she could still use their version of alchemy (they call it alkahestry, weird, huh?).

She's disappeared, now, but we got wind she's headed north. We've got to find her; if her alkahestry wasn't affected by Father's…whatever he did, then maybe it works differently enough from our alchemy to be useful in getting our bodies back.

So that's where we're off to—but don't think this means we're abandoning your cause, or anything. We know full well something's got to be done about Father and the homunculi. So keep us updated, Colonel.

I still want to help you.

-Ed