I just realised that Ed hasn't spoken since chapter 2! Poor Ed! So he'll get to talk more, I promise.
Chapter 6: Sticks
When the boys got back to the camp, I must say that I was surprised. They looked calm, subdued even, and they were walking side by side, instead of vying for position.
Roy and Ed returned to the camp and got to work on the task an impressed Winry assigned to them. Neither said much, but the silence was peaceful, not hostile.
(We had shelter, and Winry set Mustang to work building a fire, so it fell to me to get us the food. So retraced my steps to the other beach where we found the coconuts. I picked up some and started back to the campsite. Once I thought I heard an evil cackling behind me, but I shrugged it off. It must just be my imagination, right?)
When Ed got back to camp, Mustang had a fire going and Winry was cooking dinner. Ed sat down by Mustang and started fiddling in the sand with a stick. After a while Mustang got annoyed, so he torched it (the stick, that is.) That annoyed Ed, so he transmuted the ashes back into a stick, which Roy proceeded to torch again. Winry shook her head and turned back to the fire.
Yes, very short, I know, but I'm really busy at the moment, and don't have lots of time to write….