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[holds_up_walls]

Well this is fun. Finally confirmed that both my brother and my teammate are gone.

Lucky me. Probably ended up here because of them and now they aren't here.

So I guess it doesn't really matter what he thinks anymore.

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[holds_up_walls]

So, according to your brother you do leave him, but you personally don't know that you do or why?

[He wasn't quite sure what to think at that. Seemed like anyone could just up and decide to leave family members. Of course he would have never thought that Neil would have done that to him either]

[alchemyfreak]

Back home I sacrifice myself to save Al. Instead of dying I go through the Gate, which is where I apparently stay for two years.

[It wasn't really a choice to leave Al so much as bring him back, but the second decision was the one that Ed had trouble coping with.]

When we're reunited it starts a war between the two worlds, our's and the one I'm trapped in.

I managed to get back home, but in order to stop the war I go back through the portal to break it down from that side. Al followed me through the portal, the one in Purg had already been in Germany before he arrived, but this Al didn't get that far before arriving here instead.

At least that's what I've heard.

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[Lyle is just kind of stunned at that story. Ed has a wonderful way of doing that. Just about every conversation includes a good healthy dose of "what the heck is this person's life?" This one included

And here he had always thought he had weird problems with his brother. His problems with Neil were kid's stuff compared to some of the issues Ed had]

I can't ever say that I've had this problem before and I doubt I ever will.

[alchemyfreak]

[And you thought you had him with that flower story, Lyle. Nothing is weirder or more suffering than the life of an Elric, clearly.]

It's another one to add to the "wouldn't wish it on anyone else" pile.

[He offers a weak smile at that, as if it was a joke.]

Al didn't deserve any of that, after the life I put him through- he might have been better off with just a card.

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[Lyle makes the mental note of this: Ed's life is insanity beyond what he can completely comprehend]

Yeah, sounds like it. I know I wouldn't wish it.

Card? Like Neil randomly sending me a card?

[alchemyfreak]

[He looks kind of apologetic at the question.]

Yeah. I know it probably doesn't feel like it, but... anything's better than what he went through.

[Your brother could have made you lose your body nearly getting you killed, Lyle. Silver linings.]

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[Lyle gives Ed a sad smile]

Neither is good. Of course, he wouldn't know how good he had it just receiving a card if none of that had happened.

[He knew better now too]

[alchemyfreak]

Yeah, that makes sense.

[Honestly he wouldn't wish either situation on anyone, and here it had happened to two people that he actually cared about.]

I'd probably feel terrible either way, too. Since neither of us would know any better.

[A pause.]

At least you got that closure now though, right? That he did it because he probably didn't have much of a choice...

[holds_up_walls]

Yeah... I do know that he didn't really have a choice. I understand why, but it doesn't help at the time.

The same for you and your brother. There's a reason for it, but its hard to figure out at the time.