[That...is definitely different from what he remembers of Trisha. She had always been smiling and cheerful, seeming charmed by even the simplest of things in every day life.He remembers the occasional light teasing she would give to himself and Edward, the banter back and forth between Trisha and Pinako--he would never have called her sense of humor dry.]

[Alphonse casts the ghost a glance, then grimaces and turns away again. Even though he's nearly certain is isn't actually Sloth's spirit...it still feels rude, to talk about her with her right there.]

She always did seem really reserved, when we saw her. I wondered if she didn't just act that way around us as...I don't know, some sort of defense. But that's just how she always was, then?