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.

40. Chapter 40

Roy,

So, do you want the good news or the bad news first?

To be honest, it's mostly bad. The only good thing is that me and Al have made it to Briggs safely. General Armstrong is a hell of a woman! You must already know that, though; she doesn't seem to like you very much. But we met up with Falman, and aside from being assigned busywork, he's perfectly fine. Good to see he's not suffering too badly up here.

We discovered something big in Briggs. I know, after all we've already found out, how can there still be more? It feels like our feet just keep getting swept out from under us.

This whole country has always been corrupted. It's formed in the shape of a giant transmutation circle, with violent encounters marking the points. Amestris was created in order to make a Philosopher's Stone on a scale a thousand times greater than those that were made in the 5th lab.

On the one hand, I guess it's good to know Father's endgame. More or less, we now know what we're up against. But…it feels so dirty to know we've been played for this long. The military has always been used to start battles to create the circle. There never was a noble cause.

If we can stop this…you'll be one of the first people ever to do something good with the military. I hope we can make it that far.

-Ed