Summary:
Pinako and Ed finish examining the body and Ed decides he wants to give it a proper burial so it’s no longer in an unmarked grave. After they finish, Ed calls Izumi to ask her when she tried to bring her baby back. Since the life the boys transmuted was not their mother, he asked her if the life she transmuted was actually her child, but she was unhappy about the question.Ed finally visits his mother’s grave before leaving to return to Central. Pinako delivers a message from her mother to be delivered to Van Hohenheim.Back at Central, Ed returns to the hotel to find Al badly damaged. Lin Yao and Lan Fan are also busy drinking on Ed’s card. After transforming Al back into his normal form, they sat down and talked about what Ed was doing in Resembool. The conversation turns to Ed, who believes that it is definitely possible to get Al’s body back. Ed also starts trying to find out if there are any memories shared between Winry and Al that Ed doesn’t know about. When it turns out there are a lot of them, Ed is even more certain that Al’s body is still alive, but trapped on the other side of the portal where Truth resides.There is a knock on the door accompanied by a message that Ed has a call at the front desk. Izumi called to confirm what Ed had asked earlier, that the child she transmuted was not actually her child. This confirmed to Ed that the dead were indeed dead and could not be brought back, but since he was able to bring Al’s soul back and install it into the armor, it proved that Al’s body was still alive somewhere. All three alchemists, Ed, Al, and Izumi, felt guilty for bringing back their loved ones only to see them die again, and to some extent the guilt is gone when all three know they didn’t bring back what they thought. they had The boys redoubled their determination to get Al’s body back while not losing anyone else.Back at the hospital, Jean Havoc’s parents have left after their visit and Roy, Riza and Breda all go to visit. The army informs Havoc that since he is now paralyzed from the waist down, he is being discharged, which puts him in a depressed mood. Roy challenges Havoc to meet him at the top despite his current situation.Scar is back and Führer King Bradley won’t let him stand in the way of his plans.