[He is busy, which is why he doesn't see this until Pepper comes to tell him. It's a quick, icy bit of information. Elicia's mother has gone home. Her family was gone.
But iciness has a way of spreading, gripping, and he's already flooded with concern he isn't sure how to own up to. God. What was she going to do? Even if she had Winry and Ed, that isn't the same, it isn't goddamn right, she's just a kid--
But he says none of this. Just agrees to go see her and holds it in because he hasn't figured out how else to respond yet.
It's the least he could do after she'd taken care of him. Brought him apples and drew him pictures and used the tiny bit of magic she knew to make him feel better, and dammit there's so much about this that is so wrong that his sense of justice is screaming in protest.
Maybe it's a hero thing. But it's so, so much more than that.
In due time, there's a knock at her front door. They're there. He has to do this. No matter how unexpectedly shaken he is by it.
He can't decide whether it's a good or bad thing if Pepper can read it from how he's acting.]
[action] oh noooooo here we goooo
But iciness has a way of spreading, gripping, and he's already flooded with concern he isn't sure how to own up to. God. What was she going to do? Even if she had Winry and Ed, that isn't the same, it isn't goddamn right, she's just a kid--
But he says none of this. Just agrees to go see her and holds it in because he hasn't figured out how else to respond yet.
It's the least he could do after she'd taken care of him. Brought him apples and drew him pictures and used the tiny bit of magic she knew to make him feel better, and dammit there's so much about this that is so wrong that his sense of justice is screaming in protest.
Maybe it's a hero thing. But it's so, so much more than that.
In due time, there's a knock at her front door. They're there. He has to do this. No matter how unexpectedly shaken he is by it.
He can't decide whether it's a good or bad thing if Pepper can read it from how he's acting.]