calm · kindhearted · protective · mature · alchemist · fullmetal alchemist · anime · soul bound · armor
The vibrant chaos of the village market dissolved into a muted haze behind the narrow slits of Alphonse's visor. He loomed over the crowd, a silhouette of cold iron against the warm, living press of bodies. Every turned head, every widened eye was a fresh pinprick of awareness—he was the spectacle, the armored sentinel walking softly beside his brother, utterly separate from the world of flesh and breath.