Leg

I had already lost one, and damn did it hurt! No doubt the pain and blood loss was making me hysteric and dizzy, or maybe my headache came from all the information that had just been dumped into my head. Maybe both. I knew how to save Alphonse because of that stupid Gate but and its information, but that didn't mean I had to like it. Particularly because Truth, oh so conveniently, forgot to mention the price for bonding a soul.

So, I offered my other leg. Didn't expect the gate to take it, though. It already had one. Besides, that leg was the price for the knowledge I had just gained. If the limb was supposed to be symbolic then the information could be just as useful and supporting as the leg I had lost. I had lost the ability to stand and gained something akin to Truth, something solid, to stand on. Al was my support through and constant through my life, but I could live if decided to visit another country without me. I needed him, but not in the same way I needed my leg.

So why offer my other leg when I thought it wouldn't be taken? I guess I was just telling the Gate that no matter the price, I'd pay it. Even if I didn't know what the price was.

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