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Liz: This chapter is slightly fillerish twoards the beggining but grows in importance twoards the end.

Envy: Which means a probable cliff hanger.

Ed: Basically.

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"I don't quite understand how you humans find walking around the same place day after day so entertaining." Truth commented some while later in my walk.

"Oh lovely, and my head was being so quiet too." I thought back. I was careful not to talk out loud in public to the voice. I did at one point and let's just say I got alot of are-you-crazy stares. Fifteen to be exact.

"It's not the places that change it's all the people" I continued. "I don't expect you to understand our little human habits... of course if you're so bored, feel free to leave my mind and go on with your merry truthly duties."

"Nice try little human. I'm not that bored."

"Damn, I'll just have to try harder then..."

"Good luck with that."

"Liz! Liz!" I was suddenly bombarded from behind as a little boy lept onto my back sending me stumbling forward but luckily not knocking me down. "You're out today!"

"Hey Jeffery" I smiled and hoisted the boy further up so that he could perch on my shoulders. "Where's your father huh?"

"With sis!" I beamed as he used by hair to steady himself. "He'll be by soon!"

Jeffery was a little boy with charcoal colored hair and big, trusting blue eyes. He was small, only eight years old, three years older than his sister Nina.

It turned out that Nina's double lived here, along with her mother and Tucker. This world's Tucker was different from the other one though. He wasn't a scientist but rather and architect. It was a big difference in my opinion. Because of this I couldn't bring myself to hate him. He just looked like the man I had known after all. He cared about his family more than his work. It was odd but nice...

"Liz!" I heard a girls voice squeal in delight though it sounded more like 'Lis' since Nina couldn't quite pronounce her Z's yet.

I turned around to see the little girl running twoards me, green eyes wide with delight, brown braids bouncing behind her. I let Jeffery drop off my back as I bent down to say hello "Hey there Nina, how are you today? I swear you get bigger every time I see you." I patted her head and she beamed proudly.

"I'm good! How bout you Liz!"

"Just fine" I grinned and straightened.

"Good afternoon Elizabeth." I saw Tucker coming twoards me, smiling.

"How many times do I have to say it" I sighed shaking my head. "Just call me Liz."

"Right" he gave a sheepish grin. "Sorry it's a bad habit."

"Nah it's fine" I rubbed my hand through my hair. "Where's Lila today?"

"My wife is shopping" he leaned in and whispered beind his hand. "Jeffery's birthday is soon, and we've been saving to get him something."

I grinned "That's good."

"Hey no secrets!" Jeffery tugged on the sleeve of my jacket. "No fun! What are you talking about."

"Boring adult stuff" I grinned and knelt down in front of him. "I hear your birthdays soon kiddo."

"Will you come?" his eyes pleaded me and there was no way I could say no to that face.

"Of course I will! I wouldn't miss it!"

He beamed and jumped with delight "YEA!"

"We better be going" Tucker smiled taking Nina by the hand. "Take care of yourself!"

"You too!" I called after him.

"Bye Bye Liz!" Nina called over her shoulder.

"Yeah bye!" Jeffery waved violently before running ahead of his father and sister in zig zags, his arms out to the side like he was immitating a plane. I smiled after them, watching until they melted into the crowd.

"You didn't use to be a kid person did you?" Truth asked me.

"Nah" I turned around and began walking again. "I don't know... kids have kind of grown on me. I used to be just as crazy after all..." I let a smile creep over my face. "Back before I ditched home anyway..."

Alot of things had changed here about me.


"You'll never believe it." Gracia beamed at me when I came back to the inn later that afternoon. "We have guests now!"

"Really?" I asked and I grinned. It had been awhile since we'd had customers. We had to treasure every one. With the growing war most people who would need to stay somewhere didn't have the money. "That's great! Where are they?"

"They both went out into town to look around for now." she smiled warmly. "A young man and his father. Could you do me a favor and make sure their rooms are in order? It's the two on just to the left of your room."

"Yeah sure." I went up stairs and went into the first room where the luggage had been set. Dutifully I ran through a check list of the room, making sure every nessesity was there then did the same with the next room.

I started to headd back down stairs when I stopped and eyed the luggage. I wasn't exactly supposed to be nosy but...

I bent down to open the first case.

"Aren't you the considerate one" Truth commented dryly.

"Says the person invadeing my mind" I countered.

He actually didn't have an answer to that one, thankfully.

The suitcase popped open and I stared at the contents in confusion. Were these... fake arms and legs? That was wierd, was this guy some kind of doctor? I hesitantly grabbed one of the prosthetic arms and studied it thoughtfully. It looked like the socket was designed to connect to something. Was it possible that there were careers in automail here too? Or did this stuff work in a different way? I must've looked like an idiot the way I stared blankly at the fake prosthetics, trying in vain to understand them. I never had actually been able to understand Winry's automail rants, so this stuff didn't make much sense to me either.

A thought suddenly occured to me. The parts were for a right arm... and a left leg. Carefully I set the arm back and closed the lid and leaned back against the wall with a sigh, rubbing a hand wearily over my face.

"God, I'm a sucker for nostalga aren't I?" I murmured to myself, a small smile playing over my face. "Still trying to hold on to those little bits of my old life in Amestris... still trying to hold onto the people... the memories."

"It's only natural" Truth commented briskly.

"Easy for you to say" I murmured. "It might be natural... but it's also painful."

"But would you really want to lose those memories if it meant getting rid of the pain?"

I was silent for a moment, pondering this question before sighing "I just want the pain gone..."

"Aw, but that isn't a proper exchange is it little al-chem-ist" Truth told me, acentuating each syallble in my old profession. "Either give up memories to get rid of the pain or keep them in deal with it... you can't have it another way. Its... equivalencey in a way."

"Right..." I muttered. "Equivalency sucks."

Truth chuckled slightly.

I sighed and rose to my feet, ready to go back down and help Gracia when I noticed a little pouch sitting on the desk that I hadn't noticed before. I curiously strode over and dumped the contents onto the desk.

It took me a minute to register what fell out... a silver watch... with a lion. My eyes widened and I darted from the room, practically falling down the stairs as I ran. I skidded around the corner and into the kitchen gasping "Gracia, what did you say their names were again?"

"Let's see... Edward and Hoenhiem Elric." Gracia answered. "Liz... what's wrong?"

But I was already out the door and running down the streets. Ed was here? How did he get here? Was it really Ed? As I ran I accidently rammed someone with my shoulder almost sending me sprawling on the ground.

"Watch where you're going you-" I heard a familier voice yell behind me and I whirled and found myself staring into a pair of golden eyes.

He stopped talking, his lips frozen in mid sentence as his eyes widened. I stared back, still panting heavily, completely unsure of what to do. Unsure of how to react the familier face, the familier eyes staring back at me.

"L-Liz..." he whispered. "Is that... really you?"

It was him.

"Edward..."


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