This flashes back to when Ed discovered the special transmutation circle for Human Sacrifice in Laboratory 5. After he fought the Slicer Brothers and despite being hallow, Ed refused to kill them, but were killed when Lust and Envy destroyed their Blood Runes before they exposed too much of the Homunculus's plan. Besides Ed and Al, the Homunculus were planning to use Izumi Curtis and Roy Mustang as sacrifices as well, and Tim Marcoh wanted to know what this meant. It was due uncovering the Homunculus' plans that Maes Hughes was had to be killed since they were planning to create the same kind of Transmutation Circle that destroyed Xerxes. Pinako confronts Hohenheim on the subject who admits nothing would have changed if he informed everyone and for a long time he had been observing humanity and saw them as weak. Watching two kids' bodies explode, several clips representing the powers and abilities the Homunculus has, but Pinako admits to Hohenheim that despite their disadvantages humans will never give up, such as the moment when Mustang killed Lust despite having serious injuries, Ed figuring out how to defeat Greed despite having been bleeding, Scar's brother saving Scar and giving him his arm at the cost of his life and Lan Fan sacrificing her left arm to save both her and Ling's lives from Wrath.

However despite Father's instance that the fate of humans cannot be changed, and exposing the Pinako before him as Hohenheim, a younger Trisha state that humans can change and after clips showing various characters demonstrations of courage, Trisha confirms these fears can also make people stronger. After hearing Trisha's message to recall their days in Resembool and remembering his experiences with the people there, Hohenheim wakes up and realizes this experience was nothing but a dream.