[Al winces, looking back down to the salt and clapping his hands.] It's...not really something I ever wanted to think about. And the military isn't doing that anymore in our world...at least they shouldn't be. The State Alchemist program has even been closed.

[The alchemical energy sparks, lighting up the area around them.] But you're right. I don't know what they'd be doing behind the scenes, even with Dante and Bradley gone.