Wooooooah. That was epic. Some particularly beautiful lines in there too. You should be really proud of yourself for this work.

Hi! It is 2020 and I read your story! Love it it made me felt a lot of emotions, I love the Mustang’s team so It taking me time to composure the idea that Breda won’t be there! Poor Fuery! All the things with Riza made me cried! She suffered a lot thank you for let me imagine what would happen after promise day!

Holy cow, this was good. Really REALLY good. I loved how you focused on the entire cast, not just the major characters, and even your original character tied in perfectly. I won’t get into specifics (in case anyone reads this review before reading the story), but that last scene with Breda, Havoc, and Ross had me in tears. You have clearly put a lot of thought, time, and love into this piece and I’ve enjoyed every minute spent reading it. Now excuse me while I go panning for more gold on your writer’s profile!

I just got done reading this fic and all I can say right now is that it's amazing! Your prose is so beautiful, and you write the character relationships so well with all of these little subtle details. Thanks for writing this!

epicness. seriously.

I've cataloged this story as cannon in my mind, thank you for writing such an epic masterpiece!

Beautiful. Detailed, thoughtful, wonderful characterisation.

"Your weakness is my failure..."
I can't say how beautiful that interaction is. How incredibly deep and perfectly written it was. It made me shiver and almost cry too. The whole fic was fantastic and I finished it a while ago but I came back now just to read that part and leave a review because honestly, it's just so beautiful and you can feel it. Excellent work!

Oh don't mind me. Just dropping by to say I'm deceased as a dead corpse.

-Soda

I don't... I don't have any tears left.

You left a gaping hole in my heart. Why would you do that? God damn hell.

For quite some time now I did surmise that it is Breda who's punching feels through me in the interlude but even with that speculation, I had half the preparation to caution the heavy weight of pain the confirmation brought on. I've said this before but I'll say it again: this is superbly written. I love every single word from it. It's just the best.

-Soda

I CANT!

EXCUSE ME

GIVE ME BACK MY OXYGEN

Jesus christmas this is one hell of a chapter. I felt so much for Kain. He's the pawn. He's theoretically the weakest and, dare I say, useless piece of the lot. But it's definitely not the case and I'm so very glad you chose to convey that in your story. He's so severely misjudged. But god does he do his best to fulfill what is asked of him. His loyalty is no less fierce than anyone's in the team. And holy cucumber did you show that so beautifully in this chapter! Thank you for handling the him so damn well!

I'm ready for more pain and suffering.

-Soda

Goddammit, Hoopy.

I binged it. I just. Full on. Binged until this chapter. But I had to stop because I'm halfway through and I know that going further will take me to the end and it's something I'd rather not do just yet. I want to take in everything because there's just so much to take in! I truly love the way you write and pace the story; it's always keeping me on edge and I'm going to freaking lose my mind.

Thank you so much for writing this. It's wonderful and meticulously written. Thank you for building the Ishvallan culture to the tiniest details. Thanks for taking care of the characters. Thanks for extremely thought-out plot points and divergences. It makes me feel like reading a post-canon novelization.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

-Soda

Omg, reading this at work was a mistake. I got so teary-eyed and it's almost lunch time and I'm pretty sure my face is kinda red, too. :( I thought it had been Roy who was recording the will until I realized about halfway through that it was Breda. I love, love Team Mustang fics and this is probably the best Breda-centric fic that I've read so far. I love your writing and you should know that as of today you're the only other writer besides mebh whose fic actually made me cry. And I have read HUNDREDS of fics.

“But, looking at Riza Hawkeye and Scar, two of Amestris's most prolific killers, two broken people who had, at some point, lost sight of the goodness in their souls, Miles realised there were different species of strength, and that they didn't always come from a rifle or an alchemic array. Sometimes... they came from simple endurance, where the wellspring ran deep and quiet. From an unrecognised capacity for compassion and forgiveness.“

Lovely. This bit got me. Just fan freekin tastic