rewatching brotherhood does this to me.

[hermetics]

Aw, great, just what I needed. I told you this was gonna happen if you started to "canon review", you idiot!

Don't start whining to me when you can't keep up with your schoolwork.

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[stakes]

They usually don't do much with the listening as far as we go. So, y'know. Prepare for whininess.

[hermetics]

You'd think after all these failed attempts with me, he'd finally give up. Talk about slow learners.

[automechanic]

He finally brought you out of the woodwork, huh?

[stakes]

Mine seems to think yours isn't really big on the quitterisms.

[hermetics]

Seems like it. You're getting dragged along for the ride too, huh, Winry?

[automechanic]

Nobody is going to drag me into anything, and I certainly wouldn't start whining about it.

Face it, you might as well just enjoy it.

[hermetics]

He's got one hell of a stubborn streak. He needs to realize enough is enough already. [ LOL LIKE HE'S ONE TO TALK. ]

[stakes]

I hear ya. [ BELIEVE HER. She grins. ] Buffy, by the way. Fellow captor in the Insane-o-ville headspace network thingy. Or whatever it's called.

[hermetics]

Who's whining! [ CERTAINLY NOT HIM. Huff. ] I'm the one telling him not to whine!

[hermetics]

Ed. [ Oh hey a smile. ] Buffy, huh? That's a name I've never heard before.

[stakes]

I get that a lot. One time, this lady actually looked at me? And she was all "No, really." Because she thought I made it up? But really, I'm just from Los Angeles and I was born in the early eighties. So, y'know. Weirdness abounds with names.

[automechanic]

[She crosses her arms.]

Maybe it was just hard to tell the difference.

[hermetics]

[ He wants to question the early eighties part. Because he's thinking 1880s. And you don't look my older than him, lady. But he's realizing that that's not the only stuff coming out of her mouth he's not understanding. ]

Los Angeles?

[hermetics]

What the hell is that supposed to mean!

[automechanic]

Sheesh Ed, calm down.

You are only proving my point.

[hermetics]

[ >/ ] Letting him know what a moron he is for thinking he has the time for this isn't whining.

[automechanic]

Really? Is that what this is about?

Sounded more like you complaining that someone else had ideas for you. I know how well you take orders.

[hermetics]

Well --! [ Okay, that's true. Fuck, why do you have to know him so well? He scoffs, crossing his arms. ] That's what you get for assuming 'cause that's definitely not part of it at all.

[stakes]

Uh-huh? As in California? [ who are you how foreign are you. ]

[automechanic]

Yeah right. [She scoffs and just looks away from him, clearly she does not believe this for a single second.]

[hermetics]

[ A pause. And then a grin, an awkward laugh, and he's rubbing the back of his head. ] O-oh yeah! California! How could I forget about that?

[ Yeah, he has no idea. ]

[hermetics]

[ T___T You suck. ] Well even if it was a part of it - and I mean a really small part of it - that's something worth getting upset about! I'm not gonna be someone's play thing.

[automechanic]

Well, I don't know that I'm entirely comfortable with it, but you don't see me acting like a baby about it!

[hermetics]

Who are you calling a baby!?

[automechanic]

I wouldn't call you one, if you wouldn't act like one!