"Yes," Ed confirmed with a nod. "At least Lust was told that use of it could make her human. But she was lied to. If it was possible, she and the others would have been in the first place. Yes, the body can be recreated, but the soul can't, because there's nothing that could be paid that's worth one."

Ed started to run his right hand through his hair, remembered just in time about no gloves and switched to his left. "I don't know who was behind them or what it was really intended for."