Sorry it's up late, I couldn't get near the computer until now. Disclaimer: I own nothing.

Maria Ross led Envy into the room, and the young man took a seat opposite the three officers. He looked wary, but nowhere near as anxious as he had the first time they'd see him.

Now, I wonder why that is? Maes questioned, but said nothing out loud. Instead, he smiled warmly.

"Hi again Envy. We didn't meet in the most favourable circumstance last time... how are you coping?"

He looked uncomfortable, and shrugged. "Fine, I suppose, Officer... Hughes, right?"

"Got it in one. You remember Mustang and Hawkeye?"

The green-haired young man nodded.

"Great. We just want to ask a few questions, nothing serious. We need you to answer as fully and truthfully as possible."

"Yeah, sure."

Maes smiled again. "Great. Okay, first, what was your relationship with your mother like?"

A flash of emotion crossed Envy's face, but Maes didn't recognise it. "I never knew her," he said. "She dumped me on the old man when I was a baby, I never saw her since. It was a shock to hear she'd died, but... she abandoned me. Honestly, I couldn't care less."

"I see," Maes nodded. "You never saw her, never had any contact with her after that?"

"No."

"Alright then. Now, where were you between the first and the eighteenth of august?"

Envy looked briefly uncomfortable, but it quickly passed. "Holiday with my family."

"What did you do on your holiday?"

"Uh, we camped out... we did a lot of walking too, and travelled around the countryside."

"Why were you on holiday?"

"I don't know, it was Hoenheim's... Dad's idea."

"Do you know what happened to your father's hired car?"

Envy gave him an odd look, and shrugged. "No idea."

"How did Trisha Elric die?" asked Roy, suddenly.

There was a long silence. Envy glared at Roy.

"Why?"

In case that's a motive, thought Roy, but he didn't say it out loud. "Please answer the question."

Envy shrugged, but despite the casual action, he looked tense.

"Alright, but I don't see how this is relevant. She never really recovered after the car crashed... she was... frail, I suppose. That, and stress, left her mentally and physically exhausted. She fell ill, and never recovered."

"And how did you and your brothers cope, without any parents?" Roy questioned.

Once more, Envy glared at him. "Look, is this really necessary for your investigation?"

Maes looked grave. "I'm sorry about this, Envy. You don't have to answer the question... we're just trying to build up a picture of your home life."

"Why?" he asked. "You're investigating Dante's murder, right? What's my home life got to do with it?"

Maes, Roy and Riza exchanged glances.After a moment or two of silent conversation, Riza turned to the young man, who was regarding them edgily.

"Envy, I'm afraid we have... suspicions that you and your family could have been involved in this in some way. We need you to answer all our questions, even if they seem irrelevant."

Envy gave them a tense and angry look.

"Fine," he said. "I... I was shocked, but I got through it because I had to look after Ed and Al. Al was... well, obviously he wasn't happy, but Ed was worse. Al accepted it- I'm not saying he took it well, but he took it better than Ed did. Ed..." he stopped.

"How did Edward take it, Envy?" asked Riza quietly.

"Ed's hot-headed, and he got worse- a lot worse- after Trisha passed away. He was even bad-tempered with Al sometimes... but the person he was most angry with was Hoenhei- I mean Dad. He blamed him for Trisha's death... he says she died of a broken heart waiting for him."

Riza frowned and Roy looked thoughtful, but Maes only nodded. "Okay, I think that's enough for today. Thank you for answering our questions, Envy."

The young man nodded, and was about to stand when he stopped suddenly, looking thoughtful.

"Listen, when you question Ed, could you do me a favour?"

"Envy, we can't-"

"Look, please just listen. Don't talk to him about Trisha, alright? I'd really rather he didn't get himself locked up for assaulting an officer."

The three officers exchanged glances.

Envy rolled his eyes. "Short stuff gets sensitive about his Mum, okay? Al might answer your questions because Al's... Al's Al, but Ed won't. If you try and make him answer a question about Trisha and he doesn't want to, he'll blow up at you, and he has metal limbs now. It's not a good idea."

"Well... we'll bear that in mind. WPC Ross will escort you to the lobby." said Riza. "Maria? We're done in here, thank you. Goodbye, Envy."

Envy nodded. "Bye." and he left, accompanied by Maria Ross.

"Well..." muttered Maes. "What do you make of that?"