[ riza, in those few moments of silence, tries to wrap her head around what must be going thrugh his head. she can figure out the general sense of where his mind will go - from alchemy, to the truth, to the loss of his eyesight - and it's a brief second later that the real weight of it settles in her chest. the time, the lack of a war, roy - sitting in the dark - with just his thoughts. she bites on the inside of her cheek, then, a cheap way of hiding the sudden wave of panic that courses through her. biting back the fear itself.
it's a cheap move, knowing roy can't see it. knowing that familiar feeling of allowing herself the outward expression of it all because roy can't see her. it's not fair, none of this is fair, and when he squeezes her hand her eyes go down to where their fingers are now entertwined. briefly, she thinks back to central, to roy's tiny apartment, to nights spent n his living room simply giving him company to outrun exactly what he's probably trying not to think of in this exact moment.
so riza squeezes back, a simple, decisive moment. ]
Of course. [ said without even a moment's hesitation, with the kind of tone riza knows roy recognizes. absolute certainty, loyalty, like there isn't another place she could think to be. even at the face of more questions than answers, at roy's sudden loss of eyesight, at everything they've dealt with together over the years, there isn't anywhere she would rather be. and then, as if to try and lighten the mood- ]
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it's a cheap move, knowing roy can't see it. knowing that familiar feeling of allowing herself the outward expression of it all because roy can't see her. it's not fair, none of this is fair, and when he squeezes her hand her eyes go down to where their fingers are now entertwined. briefly, she thinks back to central, to roy's tiny apartment, to nights spent n his living room simply giving him company to outrun exactly what he's probably trying not to think of in this exact moment.
so riza squeezes back, a simple, decisive moment. ]
Of course. [ said without even a moment's hesitation, with the kind of tone riza knows roy recognizes. absolute certainty, loyalty, like there isn't another place she could think to be. even at the face of more questions than answers, at roy's sudden loss of eyesight, at everything they've dealt with together over the years, there isn't anywhere she would rather be.
and then, as if to try and lighten the mood- ]
into hell, remember?