Great story. I've tried to review on your other chapters but me and the internet are having a little squabble right now. It took me over twenty tries to finally get this far. Yes, I'm that dedicated to reviewing your story. That and I have the answers to your questions. The things on their shoulders are called epaulettes. I also have what the ranks are. I got them by looking at some pictures and watching the series. I'm including some of the others just in case you have some use for them. Ranked from low to high.

warrant officer: three stripes

sergeant (whichever Fuery is): one stripe, three stars

2nd lieutenant: three stripes, one star

1st lieutenant: three stripes, two stars

captain: three stripes, three stars

major: four stripes, one star

lieutenant colonel: four stripes, two stars

colonel: four stripes, three stars

If you need any higher ranks just ask.

Again, great story. I hope you make it to 100 reviews.

OMG so awesome you have to be one of the best writers ever! You can express emotions in your writing so well that it makes the reader feel everything! When Riza was hiding from greed i got so nervous...lol

I absolutely love this story i cant wait til your next chapter i hope things start to change between Roy and Riza now.

LOL well that typo wouldnt have been so bad they need to take a break from all their boring work and make out or at least make up i hate the coldness between them right now makes me wanna cry :(.

UPDATE ASAP! PLEASE! I gotta know what happens next.

KYAH! You updated! _ I remain in awe of your amazing ability to update so quickly with such long and well-written chapters

_ You made a nice summary there. Extremely well put for FMA-in-a-nutshell.

Kwahh...you almost made me cry again eheh. When Hughes hit Roy, it was like wooah, the beginning of ep 25 all over again *eyes fill with tears* And the whole deal with Riza at Roy's funeral and that she cried...TTwTT sad!

The ending was PERFECT...a wonderful lead into the next chapter. It's gonna be intense, I can feel it! *is excited*

OMG that was so great please dont kill Riza! that would destory Roy especially now that he knows she cried over him! Please dont kill her...lol

BTW i believe the name Juliet is correct but im not 100% sure either!

I love this story so much it keeps getting better and better. Cant wait for the next update..that is unless you kill Riza :( I couldnt stand to see Roy even more depressed than he is now ... poor Roy.

Once again great great great! i nearly fell out of my seat at the end i knew it was either going to her or hughes one!

:gasps: oh no! not darling riza! don't hurt her..

:shakes fist: go to hell, juliet douglas and all you bastard homunculi!

awesome chapter!

roy is super stupid sometimes... geez.. its amazing, actually..

update soon! i really really liked this!

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O Wonderful, amazing chapter, as always. Really.

XD The first line of this chapter HAS to be one of, if not THE best chapter-opening line EVER. XDD

;_; The way you describe what happened in Ishbal...so powerfully...yeah everytime i read it i almost wanna cry lOlz. but thats good _

Aw...I just wanted to hug poor Roy during his outburst...*huggles*

XD Yays for not-normalness! ke

O About how many more chapters do you have planned? Don't end this story too soon! It's too good! *cling*

i would feel happy for riza about moving on if it was a different guy, but it would be kinda sad if she didn't care about roy anymore.

i love how you show their emotions and thoughts. you can really feel it, as if you were actually them.. awesome job!

whoah... roy was pretty pissed off huh? wow, but then i would be too if i went through what roy did.. i seriously thought maes would punch him for saying all that crap about his family.. but then he didn't and he just forgave him just like that :snaps: maes! is awesome. luv maes!

yay! update soon!

happy halloween!

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Great once again i was so happy when i received the email that you had updated! I thought this chapter was great on its own i feel so sorry for Roy i just want to give him a big hug and make all of his pain go away ... lol His constant depression though is making me want to smack him in the face and say "She loves you stupid dont you understand that! quit feeling sorry for yourself and go talk to her".

I cant believe he did that to Riza he could have at least said something as she was leaving his office. If they dont hurry up and least starting talking to each other normal again im going to go crazy.

This has become my favorite FMA fic so far and believe me i have read pretty much all of them on there..lol.

I really dont know what to say about it anymore except its so god..no great...no just plain out awesome..yeah i think that describes it.

O_O! TTTT Oh my goodness...that was so...so...BLAH-I'm at a loss for words _;

But really. At the beginning, I was like, GRAWR! . *stabs the Date repeatedly* XDD;

And then...that dream...O_O! *cried* Poor, poor, poor Roy...

YOU ARE AMAZING.

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O_O

Honestly...I just don't know what to say anymore XD; Woow...this is just too good! They way you write emotions...this fic is just full of beautiful, raw human emotions...woow Yup, this has got to be my favorite Royai fic *nod* It made me laugh, it made me cry...and you update so quickly! You ROCK! XD

And YOU are officially one of my favorite people for writing this XD

*wants to smash The Date's face into the floor XD* But, she IS perfect for the role she plays in the story

_ I'm so happy i can go right on to ch 6 part 2! *whooshes away*

I am utterly speechless after reading those last two chapters! You are an amazing writer i could picture every little thing that happened between Roy and Riza in part 1 if i had any drawing abilities at all i would have to recreate that part into pictures. I loved how intense you made it between them but also both of them trying so hard to show their true feelings.

In the second part i nearly cried in Roy's dream it was so sad especialy when he tried to kill himself poor Roy so depressed :( i loved that you made it where he couldnt die i think that was a better ending to the dream since he hates himself so bad that there where no way for him to escape the pain.

I hope if Roy has anymore "dates" other than Riza their not as annoying as this one because i just wanted to reach into my mind and smack her right in the face when she was yelling for Roy to hurry.

One thing though i dont know if this was intentional or not but isnt basterd supposed to be bastard?

That was amazing work please update ASAP! I know what you mean about English teachers they can be a pain. I have a 10 page paper due in less than a week for one of my college classes but instead of doing that im reading your fic. Great Work! I LOVE this story.

GRR! that muh-fuckin' bitch ass whore is so damn self-centered and selfish... im like, dude, its not all about you.. and she cant even see that roy doesnt want to be with her. she just thinks shes so fuckin perfect and all that bullshit. you were right, she did make me wanna puke. that faggot. i hate those kind of people..

anyways, agen i apologize for being so hateful. but i cant help express my self. shes just so...ARGH!

good chapter.. i like how you depicted roy's desire and need for riza.. poor roy. i wanna hug him. and i wanna hug riza, too even though shes not in this chapter.

awesome job! update soon!

royai forever!

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T.T wah! it was so sad. i almost cried.. so emotional.. wow. i can actually feel their painn o.O a good author can do that.. youre a good author! :]

AARGH! not "The Date" again! AAHH! wuht a fucking bitch ass muh-fucker.. that damn slut-whore. the way she acted toward riza made me just want to bitch-slap her and talk shit about her and get all the royai fans and jump her. GAH! you made such an awesome hateful character! if she were real, imma just blow up on her.. "its gonna be a what? girlfight!" lol.

agen sorry for being soo terribly violent.. actually, it made me feel better lashing out on her.. does she have a name?

anyways.. good chapter..

on to the next one -

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Wooahh. Aww...poor Riza, that sounds so sad...And yes, youre right, that Date was extremely horribly annoying ew

One tiny little "mistake" I think...state alchemists are automatically given the rank of Major. So during the war, Roy would've gotten promoted to something else, right?...

Anyways, I just love how this story is going. You write their thoughts and emotions BEAUTIFULLY. Keep up the awesome job!

Great once again i feel so sorry for Riza and Roy :( im glad he is coming to his senses though and realizing that Riza didnt reject him! Thanks for the very quick updates keep them coming im dying to see them finally get together!