The Adults' Way of Life

Edward's group presses deeper toward Father's lair, bickering over the route until Scar warns them to stay quiet. Hawkeye thanks Scar for helping restore Mustang's senses, expecting the Ishvalan to resent gratitude from her, and a startled Scar replies that her words are unnecessary. Above ground, the Briggs tank fire on Central Command is revealed as a diversion so Izumi could tunnel underground and slip inside undetected.

Warned by Olivier, Buccaneer moves to contain the Mannequin Soldiers before they escape into the city. Sloth once again bursts free of Alex's spikes and uses his superhuman speed to batter both Armstrong siblings, until a colossal transmuted hand strikes him down. Its source is Izumi, sent by Buccaneer, and she is soon joined by her husband Sig.

Alex and Sig fight in perfect sync, hurling Sloth onto one of Alex's earlier spikes. As the homunculus dissolves from exhausting his Philosopher's Stone, he murmurs that being alive had always been too much trouble and fades away. Recognizing Izumi as the Elrics' teacher, Olivier joins Alex in resolving that the adults must not lie idle while the young ones fight, though Izumi warns she must slip away soon to avoid being seized as a sacrifice.

In his sanctum, Hohenheim argues that the seven sins, though dangerous in excess, are essential to understanding humanity, and accuses Father of cutting himself off from what he secretly craved: a family of his own. Father impales him and tries to absorb his Philosopher's Stone at once, but the transfer fails, and Hohenheim warns his plan will not go smoothly. Above, a returning King Bradley, having survived the train attack, broadcasts that all remaining Central forces will rally to him and drive out the rebels.

The episode adapts the manga chapters covering the two strong women, the two philosophers, and Greed without limits. Its title card pairs one of the arrays on Alex Armstrong's gauntlets with the Flamel. During the Briggs soldiers' celebration, the original dub has them cry "hip hip hooray," a phrase in use in England since the 19th century.