Sure forging a Philosopher Stone seems glamorous on the surface, until one finds out what the price tag is.
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Edward: After all this time we've been searching for the stone, I've been wondering something.

Alphonse: What is it, brother?

Edward: What's the purpose of having this thing?

Alphonse: Wasn't it to restore our bodies to normal?

Edward: Yes but in order to get the stone, thousands of human lives had to be sacrifices. What's the point of returning to normal if it meant killing that many? I don't know if we can do this.

Alphonse: But would correcting the mistake we made when we tried to bring Mom back be worth it?

Edward: I don't know if can. It seems there's nothing we can do to correct that mistake. We're receiving eternal punishment as a result. Are we to remain like this? Forever marked as sinners of the forbidden art of human transmutation. I just... I can't...

Edward falls to his knees.

Edward: This is our punishment, right? To remain like this. If we got the stone, I don't know if we could use it. Either way, I...

Alphonse kneels in front of Ed and places his arms around Ed, holding him gingerly against his armor chest. Edward starts to weep, bitterly.

Alphonse: We'll be able to return to normal, because I believe in you.