[Maes falls silent. It was the reason he asked her to come, and yet finally being asked the question directly makes him not want to voice it aloud. He didn't want to burden Roy, but it wasn't fair to burden Riza with this either. This is what got him into trouble in the first place...wanting to know something so bad. At least that time he had gained the knowledge because he was helping someone else out. This time it was just pure, selfish self-preservation. Maes sighs. Like most things, there's just no going back on this. The words he speaks next are bitter, though not directed at Riza.]

Because what's the point of magically summoning me here, giving me a second chance at life, only to send me back to where things ended?

[He was nearly dead when he arrived here. Even without Roy telling him, he knew that wound was fatal. And whatever magic brought him here had healed that.]

I can't...I can't just accept that!