And once again, Cameron is changing around Riza. She has never danced like this in the town festival before, never imagined that it would be with Roy, of all people, and she never thought that this town could be so dear to her again. Day 4 - Saudade for Royai Week 2022.

For several blissful months, Roy builds his life anew with Riza, a life of working towards their shared dreams and enjoying simple domestic joys, and eventually, anticipation.

"Know how you two look? Your eyes… You seem to me like two people who've seen far too much."

Riza was not used to impermanent farewells or happy separations. She had always only known about losing those she held dear, then never looking back as she dealt with the emptiness that came with loss. Day 1 - Triumph for Royai Week 2022.

"Cameron was nothing like Central when I first arrived. I suppose that's still true. It was the first time that I truly thought Amestris could be that lovely, leaving the city I grew up in. It was as if suddenly, I could see more of everything, even though there seemed to be less."

There's a near-empty bottle of wine between them on the floor, cards in their hands for what was meant to be a practice game of poker but which like many nights has turned into something else entirely.

This is the consequence of knowing Roy as well as she does—knowing what he wants, and knowing just how desperately he wants even what he can't have.