is there a sequel? I this fish this at 400 this morning I love how it end.

OH GOSH I JUST REALISED- OH NO THIS ISN'T GOD- Why you hurt my soul like this?!

I feel like this needs to marked as suspense because something is still wrong with the rain and I'm in edge about Envy. I am intrigued and can't stop reading, but I also am terrified of what will be in the next chapter... Oh well..

For a moment I imagined Ed as a cat every time he was mentioned, and it completely changed the tone of this story.

Other than that, I am truly loving this fanfiction, it is unlike any I've encountered before.

I binged this. It was great. Lots of tension and angst.

Oof. A perfect bookend. The POV shifts were so well done that I can't even. The characters were so well fleshed out, and their motivations and drives were really really well written and explained. I was on the edge of my seat the whole way, and could only stop for emotional breaks. Tears were shed. The humor was bittersweet. There's a lot of rawness in this story, tempered by a strong thin cord of resolve. I'm really glad I got the chance to read this. Thank you for writing it.

It hurts to see Edward so damaged and having such trouble trusting that this actually is Alphonse. I wonder if it's something that happened to him in captivity or is it Al's reaction when he unburied him?

I almost forgot about this story for a while, but I'm glad I remembered. It was nice to see Ed having that moment with Jean- even if it wasn't the greatest and he bolted in the end.

Ooh my gosh, my heart! This is... this is painful.

This is so... intriguing. Holy wow! And painful!

Wow! You are really, really good at writing, and you are doing great at keeping the plot together! Nice job!

Wow, I've never just randomly cried during a story before. Like, in completely random scenes. Except for the first long meeting of the two brothers in Ed's room, and that fantastic end, of course I'd cry then - but then there were moments when Ed would be walking somewhere, and for no reason besides just the sadness and hopelessness that carries this fic till that very last section, tears would form. Damn, that was an experience that I won't forget.
Throughout each and every exquisite graphic horrifying detail, I felt like I was actually drowning in sorrow. There was no relief, yet I still kept on because of some shallow hope that you were weaving in in incredibly small dosages - which made that subtle, but mainstreamed optimism in that last bit so incredibly heart-warming. Well-played, author.
Your OC's? I fell in love! They were so well done! When they first appeared, I didn't expect much, but over time I was invested in Doc, and Enfield, and the ongoings in their line of work with the Elric brothers. You went through every little detail with Mustang's ability, guilt, and strategy; Armstrong's support, emotional weakness, and compassion (my gosh that jacket symbolism explanation came out of nowhere to hit my heart like a train!); Havoc's sibling tendencies, Enfield's cooperation, and Doc's battles with stress for himself and these other characters. So many layers and developments with Ed and Al, too - love how you ended where you started, but since they'de gone through this type of thing already kinda, they were more hopeful. I'm so happy Envy and Lust are dead, but that's a given - you really emphasized their lack or morale for anything, despite the other tidbit with Rage (damn that was so screwed up. Tip my hat to you for making the second most screwed up story I've ever seen.) This story, in my best words, was the literary experience of drowning in every possible emotion, as a ray of sunshine was mocking you from above, but also inspiring you to keep struggling. That ending was so optimistic because it was the first time in the story where there was a good reason to be optimistic - as yes, your drowning, but you still got fight left.
I adored every second of this if you couldn't guess. There were lines in this that were really cleverly written, and you had your themes, plots, and narratives in check and extremely powerful, almost overwhelming, but in a good way! The psychology and philosophy in this alone kept me reading via morbid curiosity! This was so much fun to experience and analyze!
Thank you for typing over 460,000 words that made me so happy to read. That, along with life in general, must have been taxing, and I sincerely hope that you had as much writing this as I did reading it, or more. I know it's been a while since this story's completion, but if you do see this, I hope you're still writing! This work was incredible, and I can't wait to see what else you can come up with!
Thank you for making the work that was part of my life for a few weeks. It became a highlight of my day to read this. What a great job. That was awesome. If you made more, I would so read it! No stress though - writing is grueling and shouldn't be a chore. I really hope you had fun making this sadistic masterpiece!

As Always,

Happy Writing~

Wow! Thank you for writing such an incredible story with such a focus on the thoughts and feelings of such a range of different characters. I appreciate that there is no magical recovery and the place of the plot matches the central themes perfectly. Keep writing!

Well here I am once more! I just did a re-read of this story. My third or fourth one over the years. I've gotta say, this ending is devastating! I cried pretty hard when I first read it, and even now I'm emotional reading it again. So thank you for writing a very intriguing, realistic, and heartbreaking tale of trauma, recovery, and loss.

Okay, so first of all, WOW. It must be the longest fanfiction story I've ever read. I literally felt as if I was reading a novel.
Secondly, it was such a beautifully written, mature, kind of messed up (what did you do to my dear Elric bros? :), incredible story that I felt even more as if I was reading a legit novel. I'd love to have it as a book.
And no joke, it was all so realistic that I actually couldn't imagine the characters as anime, my imagination produced its own, semi-realistic version.
I was completely hooked up reading this. I remember reading it in a bus with such passion that when I got off, I still read it on my way until I was satisfied with the end of paragraph enough to put away my phone.
Overall, I believe you did a great job and it must be my favorite FMA fanfiction to date.