Snippet #1197951

Once his coat had been repaired Issac started to work on his glove. He supposed they weren't needed now, seeing as how the highest ranking officer in the military, Mustang himself, knew about his automail hands, but he had grown to like them. With the remaining charred shreds of the glove placed in the center of a transmutation circle drawn on one of a few pieces of paper, he places his hands over them, and in a flash he has a new glove. Just as he slips it on and looking it over there is a tap on his table and he jumps a little. Looking up he sees Darna, the woman from earlier. At her comment, and her big smile, he can't help but smile in return.

"Oh, Miss Darna, you startled me," Issac says with a laugh, shaking his head. He makes a gesure for her to have a seat, then realizes it can't be seen, so he quickly adds, "Please, have a seat. I'm glad to see you seem to be feeling better. As for my becoming a State Alchemist, well, I suppose I have, but I've yet to recieve my state watch, so I guess it isn't exactly official..." Turning towards the door he trails off, thinking he head something, a gunshot maybe? But then it's gone, and he can't be sure f he heard it in the first place. Turning back to Darna he smiles again. This is the first time he's met a person like him, and through a little research on his own before coming here he has learned a few things.

For one, it seems that each person who preforms a human transmutation and survives gains two traits. The first is something they all share, and that is the ability to preform alchemy without having to draw a circle. The second is more complicated. It seems that each person also gains a secondary trait, something unique. For instance once Alphonse Elric gained his body again he had the ability to place a small part of his soul into something and cause it to move as if alive, nearly with a will of his own. Issac's own personal trait was his healing abilities, and he is by now quite sure that the woman before him had gained a sixth sense, allowing her to somehow 'see' people without the use of her lost sight. It seems the ability is connected to whatever was taken in the exchange.
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"I'm glad to have gotten your input on the matter. I'm about to deliver their watches, would you like to join me?" Mustang asks, reaching into his pocket and taking out the two silver watches. "I'll also be asking them to join in the investigation gro- Did you hear that?" Turning around quickly Mustang steps into the nearly empty hallway and looks down, towards the far end where one of the doorways are swinging closed. "I heard a gunshot!" There are a couple of other officers in the hallway and he nods to them, then towards the door, the signal to check it out, then he looks back to Tali. "Looks like the gifts will have to wait. If you like come along with me, this could be interesting..." He says this in a flat, slightly angry voice, before hurrying off, pulling on his alchemic gloves as he makes his way down the hall.