There's a fight with one of the antagonists, Scar, and he breaks both Edward's arm and the armor of his brother; the two are forced to go to their own automail specialists to be fixed.

Perhaps the thing that struck me the most was the way the alchemists from „Central” actually acknowledge their own participation in a war crime. The book gets over it quite fast, I guess it's a matter of perspective - perhaps an European writer would've had a different attitude towards the war stance.

That being said, the character of Dr. Marcoh is also an interesting one. I'm amazed that

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he survived his encounter

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