014. hitorikko no kimochi
014. the feelings of an only child
Hughes: Because! My daughter's going to be 3 years old!
Roy: Lieutenant Colonel Hughes... I am busy at work right now.
Hughes: Fancy that. I'm busy at work, too. It's just that she's sooo very cute every single day!
Roy: I get it, so don't call me all the time to brag about your daughter each time! And not with a military line!
Hughes: Not just my daughter! I'm proud of my wife too!
Roy: I wonder if there's a way to fry a person over the phone with alchemy, Hughes.
Hughes: Ooooh, the Flame Alchemist's scaring me. Oh yeah, speaking of alchemy, what's the lowdown on Scar?
Roy: He hasn't been found yet. As it was a very large explosion, many unidentifiable bodies have been found. He might be among those... There have been no witness reports in the East Area, so the general consensus is that he's dead.
Hughes: So we can cut loose the Elric Brother's guards?
Roy: Yeah, since they're in Central, I'll leave that to the discretion of the brass there.
Hughes: The brass at Central, eh? Scar knocked out some of the higher-ranking guys in charge of the national alchemists, so there's a shortage in personnel.
Roy: Oh, really...
Hughes: There's a rumor that a certain Colonel Mustang is about to be assigned to Central.
Roy: Central, eh? Not bad.
Hughes: Be careful. Getting too far into the upper ranks at that age means you'll be making more enemies.
Roy: I'm prepared for that.
Hughes: Be sure to get at least one more person who would understand and support you. So hurry up and get married.
Roy: Don't be ridiculous!
Hawkeye: Colonel, please be quiet when you're talking on the phone.
015. hagane no kokoro
015. steel heart
Telephone Operator: You have a phone call from a normal line from Lieutenant Colonel Hughes of Central.
Roy: Hughes again? Put him through. It's me. I won't listen if you're going to be bragging about your daughter. [...] Hughes? Hughes... Hey! Hughes! Hughes!!
016. sorezore no yukusaki
016. separate ways
Roy: Getting a double promotion for dying in the line of duty... Brigadier General Hughes, huh...? You said you'd support me from below. Just what are you going to do now that you've gone up higher than me? You idiot.
Hawkeye: Colonel. It's gotten cold. Aren't you going to go back?
Roy: Yeah, I will. Alchemists are horrible people, First Lieutenant. Right now... a part of me is desperately trying to develop a theory on human transmutation. Now I feel like I understand what those boys felt when they tried to transmute their mother.
Hawkeye: ... Are you all right?
Roy: I'm fine. ... Oh, no. It's raining.
Hawkeye: It isn't raini--
Roy: No. It's raining.
Hawkeye: ... Yes. It is. Let's go back. It's... getting cold.
Roy: He found something out at the tribunal. He went outside on purpose to contact me when he could have called inside. The East HQ telephone operator heard Hughes say "the military's in trouble!". What is... What was he trying to tell me? Is there some sort of crisis going on that will crumble the military...?
Hawkeye: Colonel. I've brought Major Armstrong.
Armstrong: The ones that are thought to be responsible for the murder of the Lieutenant Colonel are being tracked.
Roy: Then why haven't you been able to capture them yet!?
Armstrong: They are being tracked, but I do not know who they are.
Roy: What do you mean? Explain yourself.
Armstrong: I cannot.
Roy: As a colonel, I am ordering you to talk. Are you disobeying an order from a higher-ranking officer!?
Armstrong: I cannot talk.
Roy: ... I get it. Sorry for calling you out here. You may go now.
Armstrong: Yes, sir. ... That reminds me. I forgot to mention this. Up until several days ago, the Elric brothers were staying here.
Roy: The Elric brothers?
Armstrong: Yes. The Elric brothers.
Roy: Did they find what they're looking for?
Armstrong: No. After all, the thing that they are looking for is a legendary artifact.
Roy: I see. Thank you.
Hawkeye: We couldn't get any information from what he said.
Roy: No, the Major is a real softie. "The ones that are thought to have murdered Hughes" means that there are more than one of them. That may mean they're part of an organization... Not being able to follow an order from a colonel means that someone with a higher rank than mine is silencing the Major... I think that means that the brass are involved. And finally, what the Elric brothers are looking for. In other words, the Philosopher's Stone.
Hawkeye: Ah... An organization with ties to the brass, the Philosopher's Stone and Lieutenant Colonel Hughes... Just what kind of link could there be...?
Roy: I don't know. I'm also clueless. But I won't let it end like this. I will soon be assigned to Central.
Hawkeye: Oh. Congratulations.
Roy: This is the perfect opportunity. I'll search the brass, and I'll definitely smoke out the guy who killed Hughes.
Hawkeye: It isn't like you to mix your professional and private agendas together.
Roy: There's no such thing as "professional" and "private". My intention as an individual is to become the fuhrer as well as to avenge Hughes. I'm sticking onto the brass. Will you follow me?
Hawkeye: You're asking me that now?
gaiden: gun no inu?
gaiden: dog of the military?
Roy: A dog, eh? I like dogs.
Fuery: You really do?!
Roy: What I like above all else is their sense of loyalty!! They are ab-so-lute-ly obedient to the orders of their masters! No matter how harshly you treat them, they can't complain! Nor do they need salaries! Indeed! The servants of men! Dogs are great!! I love them!!
Fuery: I absolutely can't let this person keep him...!
Roy: I see. You were told to get rid of him, if you can't find someone to take care of him...
Fuery: Yes... The First Lieutenant is so cruel. To throw him out again when it's raining this much...
Roy: Is that all? You don't have to worry about that. She might seem like that, but First Lieutenant Hawkeye really is kind.
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