Ed and Al are in hospital following the Laboratory 5 incident. Ross slaps Ed for being reckless and asks him to trust adults more. Needing his automail repaired, Ed calls for Winry to come over to Central, who is shocked to find Ed had been injured. Meanwhile, Al contemplates what Barry had told him. Hughes invites Winry over to his daughter's birthday party, where she laments that Ed and Al never tell her anything. Hughes tells her that men tend to hide things so as not to worry anyone and that Winry would be a good sister to them. Al decides to confront Ed about the thing he was afraid to tell him, asking if he was really an artificial. Ed storms off and Winry goes beserk on Al, telling him the thing he was afraid of was asking if Al blamed him for getting him stuck in the armour. Ed and Al then have a fight, which Ed wins, and they both reminisce about their past fights, reaffirming their existence. Meanwhile, Scar wakes up in the care of some Ishbalans.
