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So do you guys ever still think about how bizarre this place is, or do you pretty much just get used to it after a while? It's weird as hell, the stuff you just start accepting after a while – you don't even think about how most of us came from a place where cats don't hatch out of eggs.

(...I say "most" because some jerk out there's going to pop up and prove me wrong, you just watch. Even if you also hatch your damn cats, I'm pretty sure there's something here that's out of the ordinary.)

I don't know if there's much point to this, but there's not much point to anything that goes on around here, anyway. I don't know, even if this place is better than whatever's going on back home, sometimes you miss being useful, too. Another thing to get used to, I guess.

...No, really, I am getting sick of the kittens-from-eggs thing. I'm going to have more cats than I do Swablus at this rate.

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I'm not going to try denying that. It sucked. I'm really glad to be here, even if cats do hatch from eggs.

It's stuff like this that makes me wonder what you'd think of the place I came from. I'm not sure if you'd like it or if the sheer amount of stuff going on would make your head explode.

Anything would be better than farmland and plots to destroy the whole country.

That said, from what you've told me about what was happening in your world... yeah, my head would probably explode.

So what was there to gain from any of that, anyway? From what you've said it sounds like an inside job, the government was behind all of it and most of the military didn't even know, so I doubt they were going to be spared from any of it. What's the point in destroying a bunch of farms and your own guys?

They were aiming to create a Philosopher's Stone. It allows an alchemist to ignore the laws of Equivalent Exchange. Basically it gives you a lot of power. In order to create a Philosopher's Stone you need to sacrifice human lives. The entire country was created for that purpose, though I don't know why Bradley would go along with something like that. Maybe he thought he was going to be spared. I don't know.

Bradley's not an alchemist, I'm guessing?

No, he's not. There's no way he could activate the array.

There's no way he could be and he's just not broadcasting it? Maybe there's some stuff about him you don't know, to throw suspicion off or something.

I guess that's possible. He acts like he's friendly and open, but that's not right. I don't think he's anything like how he presents himself, so it's definitely possible that he's hiding something like that.

Yeah, the person responsible for things going weirdly where I'm from is kind of like that, too. She doesn't seem open really, but that's because she's kind of weird and really important. But she seems pretty nice if you just talk to her, and she's pretty impressive when she talks about important stuff.

Is she someone you ever would have suspected of something like that? It doesn't sound like it. That's the worst part, I think.

No, she's not.

...She's my best friend's mom.

Oh. I'm so sorry to hear that. I can't even imagine how difficult that was.

My friend's going to kick her ass anyway because of all the shit she's doing, so it's okay. No hard feelings or anything on my part, anyway.

I see. I hope your friend will be okay.

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And obviously I hope everything will go well for you guys too.

Yeah, we're all kind of aware that we're probably going to have to beat down on someone close to us one day. Me too, sort of. It's just how this whole thing is going to work.

It's really unfortunate. I don't really know what that's like. I never had to fight anyone I was close to.

It's my dad, in my case. If it's not necessary I'm not going to go out of my way to kick his ass, and I'm not going to say that I think he'd kill me or anything because I don't think he would.

It's kind of like what we've talked about before, I guess. It sucks, but you've got to do it anyway so there's no feeling bad about it.

It's awful to have to turn against your own family like that. I know what you mean though. You've got a job to carry out and it's unfortunate, but sometimes you've got to prioritize doing that over your family.