[He watches Kimbley, evenly, like is isn't sure what to say. His frown makes it clear that he wants to yell, and his left eye is twitching.

He bites back whatever it is he's about to say, as though he's decided that now, finally, maybe he shouldn't scream at the other man.

If he hadn't been so confused when everyone had first awoken, he might have been the reason that "don't kill people outside of the rules" rule was added. But he wasn't. So that's... something. He doesn't know what what the hell it means, and he doesn't know why the desire to rip Kimbley in half just isn't there, but it's not.

Sometimes it is, but right now it's gone.]

If rejoining the military was something you wanted even after what they did to you, I would have let you. I'll tell you the full truth, since there's no reason to keep it from you now.

Pride is your Fuhrer. Undermining him, and therefore undermining the master of the homunculi, would have been easier if I had allies on the inside to watch for him.

[He's silent for a while and it almost looks like he's finished speaking before he continues.]

If you hadn't betrayed me you probably would have died the same way Law and Dorochet did.