Melting in the heat

Yuan blinked after a moment. "I just realized we've been standing here who knows how long."

Tobi nodded. "Yeah. And it's hot." Tobi hated the heat.

"Well as soon as the sun sets it'll be cold." Yuan answered with a shrug.

Tobi grinned. "Good." He said in a pleased voice. "I love the cold."

"Does not surprise me." Yuan smiled.

Tobi chuckled. "What can I say? I'm an ice alchemist."

"Really? Well look at that, i learned." uan said with a very small smile.

"Yeah, I use moisture from the air, mostly, but I can freeze other liquids, too." He wrinkled his forehead up. "Ah, you don't want to hear this," He chuckled, "Amaya was right when she said I boasted too much."

"Amaya?" Yuan asked. "And you don't brag to much." he sh ook his head.

"Oh," Tobi said, looking down, "Amaya was my little sister..." His voice trailed off.

"i see. Don't worry about it." Yuan said with a small frown.

Tobi nodded. "Thanks," He said uncertainly.

"Uh... you're welcome..." Yuan trailed off.

Tobi blinked. "Sorry if I put you in an awkward place there," He said, apparently back to his old self again.

"Naw, it's fine. i don't even remember my family, tell you the truth. Nothing to worry about." yuan forced a grin.

Tobi smiled back. It was a fake smile, but he'd gotten pretty good at them over the years, so he was sure Yuan wouldn't notice.

Yuan eyed Tobi warily. He could tell the smile was fake, seeing as he'd tried perfecting it. "Next time you fake smile, try and hide your eyes, they give a lot away." the humunculus stated.

Tobi sighed. "I'll remember that," He muttered.

"Don't be down. Happens to a lot of people." Yuan said with a slight shrug.

Tobi nodded, looking down at his feet.

"Now what did I just tell you? Don't be down." yuan shook his ehad and sighed.

Tobi shrugged. "Sorry," He said sarcastically, "It's just so damn fun."

"Of course it is. That's why everyone is doing it." Yuan said with a sarcastic smile.

Tobi sighed and looked up at Yuan. "...So....what's your story anyways? How did you become...y'know...a homunculus?" He paused for a second. "You don't have to answer that..."

"Ho, it's alright. But I warn you now, it's kinda long." he laughed uneasily. "I'll start with back when I was four. I was pretty close with my great-grandparents. My great-grandmother ranfan had died and a week later, so did my Great-grandfather Ling. I went to my great-grandfathers funeral and saw the oroboras on his hand. It... interested me. It was about a year later that... it happened. My parents had called me into a room to tell me how my father would be coronated and my grandfather would retire. It was at this time that an assisination happened..." Yuan trailed off. "I-I was stabbed through the chest and cut on my face... it was a year later that I woke up, brought back by a hundred Xingese alchemists. But nothing's perfect. It's why I still have scars." Yuan slowly traced the scar over his eye and scars on his throat. "There's also some on my chest and back." he added quietly.