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'Name Ed? Ed? Twenty-Eight? ...Ed?' — Description
Before Roy could finish his next thought, Ed attacked again. This time, Roy was able to dodge him and leapt aside. The colonel spun and grabbed the side of Edward's head, snatching a fistful of the long golden fur above his brow and forcing his face to the ground. Ed snarled and struggled, but Roy climbed on top of him and immobilized him, pinning him to the cold ground with all of his strength.

Ed writhed and tossed his head, howling as he tried to bite Roy again.

"HEY!" Roy bellowed down at him, "Knock it off, Ed!"

Roy hadn't really expected any reaction from him. It was clear that the kid was more dog than human now and he didn't understand what Roy was saying, but the colonel was in pain, sick at heart, and losing patience rapidly. He just wanted to shout at the kid... he wanted to scream at him, to demand why—WHY—he had allowed this terrible thing to happen to him. Stupid kid. Goddamn stupid fucking kid!

In spite of Roy's expectations, though—or the lack thereof—the chimera stopped struggling at the colonel's sharp words. He fell completely still, panting hard as his amber colored eye rolled over and looked at Roy, widening slightly.

"...Ed?" the chimera asked, his voice deep and warped.

Roy froze, his breath catching in his chest. He opened his mouth to say something, but then closed it again.

"Ed?" Fullmetal asked again, a sudden kind of desperation straining the word. Roy looked down at him uncertainly. It seemed as if Edward were waiting for Roy to say something, but the man had no idea what he wanted him to say and so he stayed silent. Hesitantly, Roy loosened his hold on Edward's head. When the chimera made no move to attack him again, Roy moved off of him and got to his feet slowly.

The chimera got to his own feet unsteadily, looking dazed. He hunched his shoulders and tucked his tail between his legs, whining softly as he looked up at Roy.

"ED?" he repeated, louder, his voice breaking. "Name Ed? Ed? Twenty-eight? Ed...?"

Roy's heart constricted as he finally understood what the kid wanted. He wanted confirmation of his own name. The dog-tag hanging from his collar shone in the dim light of this cruel dungeon, #28 engraved into the metal... and no doubt into Ed's mind as well. Roy swallowed hard and wondered how many months it had been since someone had called the poor creature before him by his actual name.

"Yes..." Roy told him, speaking past the sudden lump in his throat, "yes, your name is Ed."

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I'm telling ya right now, if you like Fullmetal Alchemist fanfiction and you haven't read one of Sevlow's works...well, then you haven't read real FMA fanfiction.
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This is for my favorite of their fanfictions, Number 28 ! Pretty sure you can guess what it's about by the picture and the snippet of story I put in XD