I figure it must be the orbs directly. Sure would be interesting to know what they really are, once we finally see them. Maybe a power source, or some sort of weapon.
[Since, sadly, that's what most people seem interested in, most of the time, and his voice betrays the fact that he knows it. It's tiring. All he's ever fought for was the safety and equality of the people who don't have those things, but even if many other Marines fought for those same things, there were others who were in it for the feeling of power, just like the pirates and dictators and others he tried to push back against.
He tilts his head toward Ed.]
Think that's something your alchemy could do? Maybe if we know what the orbs are made of, we'd have a clue about what they're really supposed to be used for.
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[Since, sadly, that's what most people seem interested in, most of the time, and his voice betrays the fact that he knows it. It's tiring. All he's ever fought for was the safety and equality of the people who don't have those things, but even if many other Marines fought for those same things, there were others who were in it for the feeling of power, just like the pirates and dictators and others he tried to push back against.
He tilts his head toward Ed.]
Think that's something your alchemy could do? Maybe if we know what the orbs are made of, we'd have a clue about what they're really supposed to be used for.