Scar also paused and watched her, expression difficult to place. He was awkward with everyone. Hadn't she picked up on that, yet? She was a... special case, yes, but what did she hope of him, really?

"Then what do you want me to do?" It was an honest question. He put up with her, spoke to her when she called. She and Alphonse were really the only two people here he regularly spoke to at any great length. Raikov too, but only because they were traveling together.