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    He left the town for the first time when Mom died. He didn’t know what he was doing, and he didn’t know where to go. He tracked through shaded alleys and talked with the people Mom always told him to avoid.

    Or: Ed knows shady people and the people around him are more than concerned

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  2. Public Bookmark 83

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    There was something they weren’t telling him. It wasn’t inconsequential, either, like the Colonel not telling him about an upcoming meeting or Al conveniently forgetting to tell him about the thirteenth kitten in his armour.
    No, this was something distinctly different.

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    Ed gets injured on what was supposed to be a routine mission, but nobody's telling him anything, and people are being a little *too* kind to him. As he navigates his recovery- and discovering what happened- he might find something he's had all along: family.

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  3. Public Bookmark 46

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    Trisha Elric dies from illness when Ed and Al are only 5 and 4. Her sister-in-law, an Ishvalan widow living in the far eastern mountains takes them in, but ultimately the boys lose her and parts of themselves to the war. Ending up in Central they are found by the genius Hohenheim who claims them. A cold, callused man he uses them for their skill in alchemy, forcing Edward to join the military to advance the man's ambitions and to set a game with the Fuhrer.

    Struggling to survive is all Ed knows. Distrustful of his military superior, beaten down by Hohenheim, and constantly worried for his brother, he somehow starts to find a place with Mustang's Team.

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    Riza spots the burns marring the side of Edward’s face and neck, already weeping, and Roy watches the horror dawn on her face.

    “Colonel—”

    “They were going to kill me,” Roy grovels, the nerves hiking up his throat, Edward heavy in his arms, “he—Riza, help him.” 

    Edward does not know how flame alchemy works, much less how to work it safely.

    When push comes to shove—when desperate times call for desperate ditch-efforts—Edward works it anyway.

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    “Fine!” Edward stamps his foot, heat rearing into his mouth and his eyes. “I’m sorry for the amount of paperwork you would’ve had to do if I got my head blown off, is that it? Are you happy now?”

    The furrow doesn’t leave Mustang’s face, but it tilts. He stares. “What the hell are you talking about?”

    “Don’t play dumb with me! I know you don’t care about me, all you care about is your own goddamn self, so stop pretending to care about me so we can finish the mission and everything can go back to normal!” 

    Edward is reckless. Mustang is upset. A bridge collapses - literally and otherwise - and the mission goes wrong.

    All that's left to do is to build back stronger.

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