Disclaimer: FMA belongs to Arakawa Hiromu
Notes: This and the next response are linked together. This one doesn't rely on the other, but the other begins with a "But", so it really needs this one before it to properly make sense.
Seventy-five: Why?
He hated explaining orders to her. She didn't always ask, but he could feel the lingering "Why?" in the air nevertheless, and knew that she didn't approve. By now he had learnt not to try to keep her out of the battle – she hadn't remained silent when he attempted that, in their first few months working together – but he still tried to find a place where she wouldn't be in the thick of it. It was fortunate she was a well-trained and practiced sniper, so she could still be used to her best abilities when stationed half a kilometre away.