by MangaMoon

Fullmetal Alchemist - Equivalent exchange

Remember… Edward standing before Truth one final time, determined to bring Alphonse home? The battle is over, but Al remains beyond the Gate. He sacrificed his soul to restore Edward’s right arm. A Philosopher’s Stone could bring him back, but Ed refuses to purchase his brother’s life with other people’s lives. He rejects Hohenheim’s offer of sacrifice, too. This time, the answer belongs entirely to him. Edward points to his own Gate of Truth—his connection to alchemy. That is his payment. He offers the power he has relied upon to fight, survive, and reshape the world. Truth asks whether he is prepared to become an ordinary human without it. Edward answers that he has always been ordinary: someone who could not even save Nina. He can finally acknowledge his limitations. He has friends and people he can depend on. Truth smiles. Edward has found the answer. His Gate disappears, and Ed reaches Alphonse, bringing his brother home in his original body. As children, they believed sufficient knowledge and the right payment could recover anything. Edward finally succeeds when he relinquishes the need for extraordinary power. Without alchemy, he still has his brother—and a life they can share.

Material: wooden