[ Al only hesitates for a fraction of a second before he's clasping Ed's hand in both of his own. Three years since Ed vanished, plus three years stuck in that armor. It feels absolutely wild that it's been six entire years since he's gotten to do something simple like use his actual hands to be able to clap Ed on the back, or whatever other assorted sibling violence a pair of 10 year olds get up to. Pushing your dumbass brother into a river just isn't the same when you can't even feel it. ]
It's really me, haha... I told you I'd find a way. [ Tears are welling up in the corners of his eyes, too, but he blinks them back. He'll get all blubbery later (when he realizes the zeppelin invasion mysteriously stopped and doesn't have that looming over his head anymore).]
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It's really me, haha... I told you I'd find a way. [ Tears are welling up in the corners of his eyes, too, but he blinks them back. He'll get all blubbery later (when he realizes the zeppelin invasion mysteriously stopped and doesn't have that looming over his head anymore).]