"And you think," block, block, sweep, "that everything will be right as rain if you keep hammering at it, and hammering at it they'll give in? It doesn't work for everyone, and certainly not for the girl you want to call as a friend!"

"People are growing, evolving, changing. They can't accept something so they move on, it goes with friendships." Ed cocked his metal arm and it swung at her stomach to try and drive her backwards. "They get mad, they yell, they tell each other that there isn't anything that they want to do with the other. And yet, people keep going on. Why? We're flawed, we're horrible to each other, and yet we're the most social creatures on the planet!"

And with that, Ed swung his foot so that he could try and catch her and trip her up.