[ No. He won't accept that -- he can't. He loves her too much to even consider the idea of her...]

Lieutenant. You must never give up on moving forward. Should something happen to me, I need you to keep my ambitions alive, to go forward with everything we've planned, only without me being the figurehead.

You can do it. You must.

[ Mustang reaches up, placing his hands to her face, placing his thumbs on her jaw, his fingers flattening against her cheeks. Realizing suddenly what he's doing, he takes his hands away, breathing shallow and trembling. ]

I'm sorry. I shouldn't have done that.