automailed: (gotta murder folks. your fault. go home.)

[personal profile] automailed 2012-05-08 04:39 am (UTC)(link)
Aren't you supposed to be the greedy one? Why does it have to be one or the other?
avaricious: (Making the choice)

[personal profile] avaricious 2012-05-08 05:03 am (UTC)(link)
It was easier when I didn't want everything. When I came to your country, I only wanted to save my own clan. I wasn't concerned with the fate of all the other clans. After seeing people from all across Amestris band together, even those who had been enemies before, I realized that Xing couldn't have a leader concerned only with his own clan. I want everything that Xing deserves, but you have to give something up to gain something else. That's equivalent exchange, right?
automailed: ([manga] let me think about it.)

[personal profile] automailed 2012-05-08 06:04 pm (UTC)(link)
...Tch... Equivalent Exchange is outdated. [Edward scowls, crossing his arms and glancing away.] I thought it could apply to everything, but... real life isn't just science. People are made of a hell of a lot more than that.
avaricious: (Let's get dangerous)

[personal profile] avaricious 2012-05-08 11:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[... heh, so Ed's moved on beyond that, huh? Giving up his alchemy wasn't just a matter of losing a special power. It was a change in his way of thinking too. He turns back around to face Ed.]

Now that you've seen the end of your journey, what do you intend to do?
automailed: (a heavy hand to bear)

[personal profile] automailed 2012-05-09 04:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[Edward blinks at that, pausing for a moment. He hadn't... really considered that problem in depth. Just fleetingly, when his mind gave him a chance to process more than "oh god we won".]

...I don't know. I can't remember a time when I wasn't an alchemist, and now... it's weird. I mean, I still have alchemy here, but when I go back-

[He shrugs.]

I'll have to think about what I can really do with my life from then on.
avaricious: (Easy going)

[personal profile] avaricious 2012-05-09 08:50 pm (UTC)(link)
You should find a pretty wife. There's nothing stopping you from doing that now. Just make sure she's a good cook too. That's important.
automailed: (oh ewwwwww...)

[personal profile] automailed 2012-05-10 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
Wh- who said I was interested in anything like that!?
avaricious: (I'll take this page)

[personal profile] avaricious 2012-05-10 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
I was suggesting it as a new interest.
automailed: (it's goddamn-sun o'clock)

[personal profile] automailed 2012-05-11 01:07 am (UTC)(link)
I don't think I should be getting advice about women from a guy who proposes at the first meeting.
avaricious: (Don't you think?)

[personal profile] avaricious 2012-05-11 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
I'm just efficient.
automailed: (bored. bored. bored.)

[personal profile] automailed 2012-05-12 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
And how many fiancees have you got?
avaricious: (Dinner's over)

[personal profile] avaricious 2012-05-12 07:37 pm (UTC)(link)
It's not the numbers that matter, it's the effort.
automailed: (shaddup.)

[personal profile] automailed 2012-05-13 01:09 am (UTC)(link)
I think we've got some different ideas about the definition of "efficiency".
avaricious: (Standing alone)

[personal profile] avaricious 2012-05-13 02:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Possibly. [But. This is too soon after Ran Fan leaving for him to just... goof around. So.] I'll be seeing you around, Ed.
automailed: ([manga] it's not that I didn't have to..)

[personal profile] automailed 2012-05-14 10:06 am (UTC)(link)
[Edward blinks at the abruptness, then remembers- right. Not the best day ever for Ling. He hesitates, then turns away, starting to head off down the path he'd started on.]

Right... see you around, Ling.