The Fullmetal Alchemist

Do you see me wielding it?

That's slightly better.

Do you see me wielding it?

... tell me more about this hemalurgy thing. And perhaps then we can come to an arrangement.

How the hell did that not count as human transmutation

Why would it count as transmutation?

You built a human body.

The body wasn't human when it was built

And your soul isn't in constant torment?

Define Torment

You seem to be aware of your surroundings and not attacking everything around you indiscriminately, so it's probably not the same

Probably not, although that sounds a bit like those shades over on Threnody.

not again

Do you see me wielding it?

... tell me more about this hemalurgy thing. And perhaps then we can come to an arrangement.

How the hell did that not count as human transmutation

Why would it count as transmutation?

You built a human body.

The body wasn't human when it was built

And your soul isn't in constant torment?

Define Torment

You seem to be aware of your surroundings and not attacking everything around you indiscriminately, so it's probably not the same

*rhythm of consideration* from what I’ve seen I’d assume people of your planet would assume that people from my homeland are giants.

Now that's just unfair...

Raising the dead? I’ve seen Biomancers shift their souls between bodies like that are entirely different

With alchemy, that doesn't stick. The soul and body have to match, otherwise it's a slow process of rejection.

I don't dare experiment further. Every time I attempted anything to do with my body, I ended up at the gate, and the thing that guards the gate likes me. That's not a good thing.

What Gate?

It's really hard to describe. The thing about the Gate is that you can never explain it to someone who hasn't seen it. It's an arbiter. If you try to bring back a dead person with alchemy, it tries to show you that it was never possible in the first place, but it doesn't understand what information is relevant and what isn't. It overloads you with knowledge that you can't ever express to someone else except in fragments, and that knowledge isn't free.

… alright. Our experiences with necromancy are very different it would seem.

What was yours like?

huh

Raising the dead? I’ve seen Biomancers shift their souls between bodies like that are entirely different

With alchemy, that doesn't stick. The soul and body have to match, otherwise it's a slow process of rejection.

I don't dare experiment further. Every time I attempted anything to do with my body, I ended up at the gate, and the thing that guards the gate likes me. That's not a good thing.

What Gate?

It's really hard to describe. The thing about the Gate is that you can never explain it to someone who hasn't seen it. It's an arbiter. If you try to bring back a dead person with alchemy, it tries to show you that it was never possible in the first place, but it doesn't understand what information is relevant and what isn't. It overloads you with knowledge that you can't ever express to someone else except in fragments, and that knowledge isn't free.

… alright. Our experiences with necromancy are very different it would seem.

What was yours like?

Raising the dead? I’ve seen Biomancers shift their souls between bodies like that are entirely different

With alchemy, that doesn't stick. The soul and body have to match, otherwise it's a slow process of rejection.

I don't dare experiment further. Every time I attempted anything to do with my body, I ended up at the gate, and the thing that guards the gate likes me. That's not a good thing.

What Gate?

It's really hard to describe. The thing about the Gate is that you can never explain it to someone who hasn't seen it. It's an arbiter. If you try to bring back a dead person with alchemy, it tries to show you that it was never possible in the first place, but it doesn't understand what information is relevant and what isn't. It overloads you with knowledge that you can't ever express to someone else except in fragments, and that knowledge isn't free.

Raising the dead? I’ve seen Biomancers shift their souls between bodies like that are entirely different

With alchemy, that doesn't stick. The soul and body have to match, otherwise it's a slow process of rejection.

I don't dare experiment further. Every time I attempted anything to do with my body, I ended up at the gate, and the thing that guards the gate likes me. That's not a good thing.

Raising the dead? I’ve seen Biomancers shift their souls between bodies like that are entirely different

With alchemy, that doesn't stick. The soul and body have to match, otherwise it's a slow process of rejection.

Do you see me wielding it?

... tell me more about this hemalurgy thing. And perhaps then we can come to an arrangement.

How the hell did that not count as human transmutation

Why would it count as transmutation?

You built a human body.

The body wasn't human when it was built

And your soul isn't in constant torment?

Do you see me wielding it?

... tell me more about this hemalurgy thing. And perhaps then we can come to an arrangement.

How the hell did that not count as human transmutation

Why would it count as transmutation?

You built a human body.

Do you see me wielding it?

... tell me more about this hemalurgy thing. And perhaps then we can come to an arrangement.

How the hell did that not count as human transmutation

Strutting into my faithfully reproduced 17th century alchemist's study to make a single perfect grilled cheese, then leave

'Edward', meaning 'in the direction of Ed'

Edward, meaning "to ward against Ed"

What did I do!?

[losing] IF GOD HATES ME THEN WHY DO I KEEP WINNING