illiteracy

"'Can I give you something, Fullmetal?' Ed blinked at him through the sheen of tears, brow barely furrowing, before nodding ever-so-slightly. And Roy— Roy inched forward and wrapped his arms around the shivering child, combing one hand through his hair as he pulled him into a hug. He felt light , even with the automail, too light and too thin and shaking too much to not have gotten a cold or something of the like. Ed stiffened, whimpered, and Roy’s heart stopped in his chest, wondering if he’d gone too far, if he’d hurt Fullmetal, ruined everything— Edward curled into the embrace, buried his head in his shoulder, and burst into tears." Or: Edward Elric vanishes after what was supposed to be an ordinary mission. A year later, Roy Mustang gets a call that changes everything.

The first time the teachers send a note home with Clint, about his problems, about how he’s dumber than the other kids, his dad’s not angry. He just laughs, which, Clint realizes, isn’t actually better.

The Herald is an Avvar. Everyone panics. “She cannot read. She has multiple gods, none of which include the Maker.”“Andraste was Alamarri. Why not an Avvar as her Herald?” on indefinite hiatus

'cause you just can't do things your body wasn't meant to aka "The Gang and their limitations"