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Notes: Part 1 of the Future storyline arc. And, from an online dictionary, this is what a syllogism is: "A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion; for example, All humans are mortal, the major premise, I am a human, the minor premise, therefore, I am mortal, the conclusion. " I'm not sure my attempted syllogism is entirely in line with that, but I tried.
Eighty-six: Syllogism (Part 1 of the F. Storyline Arc)
From Ishbal through to boring deskwork, there was always too much to be done. There were always people bothered by what Colonel Mustang did, or could do, or would do, some of them enough to be a pain, and others enough to try to turn his every move against him.
Lieutenant Hawkeye's position wasn't much better. As she didn't strive to further her own career, she had less colleagues intimidated by her youth at such a rank. What they were intimidated by were her skills, and unluckily that put her in high demand for sniper missions – when her own office could spare her. It was more physically dangerous to be in her position.
Because of these jealous people, and these dangerous missions, Mustang and Hawkeye knew that they'd never be particularly safe, and acted accordingly. Lieutenant-Colonel Hughes never saw it exactly from their point of view, though. To him it was a simple syllogism: Roy needed a wife. Roy and Riza obviously loved each other. Therefore, Riza should be Roy's wife. Unfortunately, whenever he tried to explain it to Mustang that way, the line on the phone would emit a disappointing, repeating beep.