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So the country is still standing —good, good, all to plan— and his father is dead—not to plan but Ed is more than willing to accept a bonus—and most of the people he likes are some flavor of alive—his favorite kind—up to and including his teacher who has half her insides missing so that had been even more doubtful and thus is even more bonus.
And hey, Ed is even alive himself, which is awesome, ten points to him, because he does in fact kind of suck at that sometimes.
But.
Al.
They won, Ed did what he was supposed to and they won .
But.
Al.
He did what he was supposed to and won the fight and Ed would really like his prize now.
He would really like his brother now.
He doesn’t even remotely regret transmuting himself.