"Edward, I need one of your outrageous plans to oppose the Fuhrer, so I can help save Xing." Lan Fan told Edward Elric, the acclaimed Fullmetal Alchemist.
"Lan Fan, I didn't know that you were one for brother's crazy plans." Alphonse Elric stated, looking a little bit freaked out.
"I'm not. I just need one of those plans of his too help out my native country." Lan Fan piped up very seriously.
Ed stared, and then screamed, "My ideas are brilliant; they've really helped Al and me a lot!"
"I'm sure they have." Lan Fan spoke calmly.
Ed mused, "Is Ling going with you?"
"I didn't tell him, because he wouldn't let me go, if I did, and I would have to obey him." Lan Fan answered.
"If he told you to jump off a bridge; you would, wouldn't you?" Ed grumbled curiously.
"He's Master Ling! I was raised to obey and protect him." Lan Fan announced.
"I don't see how that relationship works." Ed mumbled.
"Brother means by the Equivalent Exchange Theory of Alchemy." Al explained.
"Master Ling protects me with his life too." Lan Fan told them.
"Drop the master; you are engaged, right? Winry works on my automail leg, and I work around the house, and yet, she still makes me pay for my leg! Damn woman!" Ed harped angrily.
"You shouldn't talk that way about your wife, Edward." Riza reasoned, as she passed by.
"She knows she is one." Ed explained in his usual style.
Lan Fan couldn't help grinning, and struggled to contain her laughter, and keep a blank expression on her face. Lan Fan said teasingly, "Woman don't like to be called that."
Ed muttered, "She's heard me say it before."
"I'm surprised that she still loves you, Brother." Al spoke up, while teasing his older brother.
"I'm just that awesome." Ed responded smugly.
"How did we get on this topic, again, Lan Fan?" Al asked the only sane person still around, aside from himself.
"We were just talking about how crazy Ed's plans were." Lan Fan said cautiously, and teasingly as Ling walked up.
