Nina spoke only between bites of funnel cake--now that she had it, she simply had to try it immediately, of course. And it was delicious. She offered some to Repliku. When Alexander trotted over, prompted by the whistle, the dog was given a taste as well.

"They're not my brother brothers," Nina explained. "But they're still big brothers!" It made sense to her, anyway--they were like older siblings to her; they took care of her and played with her and had even lived with her for a while.

"They're called Edward and Alphonse Elric! They know alchemy, and they lived with daddy for a while to study for a test, but then they had to go." She frowned--she had wanted to them to stay and play with her longer. Of course, they had promised to come back.

"Castle O-bliv-ian?" Nina echoed. "What's it like there?"