The arm around his shoulders... it's warm, Envy's arm gets to be warm in this world. It's one of those little oddities that's technically a coincidence, technically unrelated to any of the growing he's done as a person... but it feels too right not to mean something.
Wrath leans into it, and his voice steadies... although it remains monotone. That's the only way he can relay the story at all, slow or not.
"Yes..."
It all came back to that-- the way the Elrics had turned death into a revolving door, trading themselves off over and over to save the other. Even thinking about it makes Wrath feel sick, and only the fact that he's already groggy from waking up stops it from showing on his face.
"He didn't know it needed something living to work right. I didn't tell him right away. I knew he would just use himself if I did."
It had been a cruel and selfish trick, leading him down there and knowing the whole time that it would fail unless blood was spilled. That it would be leaving Al with only one option, if he wanted it to work. But was there any OTHER way to end the stupid brothers' pointless, neverending circle of self-sacrifice?
"Gluttony and I fought. I ate some stones to get stronger but it wasn't enough. I knew when he caught me he wouldn't let go so I broke my automail driving it into the floor to keep him in the circle. That way Alphonse would be able to complete the transmutation."
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Wrath leans into it, and his voice steadies... although it remains monotone. That's the only way he can relay the story at all, slow or not.
"Yes..."
It all came back to that-- the way the Elrics had turned death into a revolving door, trading themselves off over and over to save the other. Even thinking about it makes Wrath feel sick, and only the fact that he's already groggy from waking up stops it from showing on his face.
"He didn't know it needed something living to work right. I didn't tell him right away. I knew he would just use himself if I did."
It had been a cruel and selfish trick, leading him down there and knowing the whole time that it would fail unless blood was spilled. That it would be leaving Al with only one option, if he wanted it to work. But was there any OTHER way to end the stupid brothers' pointless, neverending circle of self-sacrifice?
"Gluttony and I fought. I ate some stones to get stronger but it wasn't enough. I knew when he caught me he wouldn't let go so I broke my automail driving it into the floor to keep him in the circle. That way Alphonse would be able to complete the transmutation."