[He knows Ed would never leave him behind and, truthfully, that's almost part of what scares him. He doesn't want to be helpless and useless in this sort of environment. It's so harsh and unforgiving to weakness, he can't fight beside his brother here.
He is starkly reminded of the choice he had to make literally just before arriving here. He turned his back on his original body in order to fight, not that he has told Ed that, and now-- it's like that choice is mocked.]
I can't fight in a body like this!
[It bursts out of him all of a sudden, anguished and guilty.]
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He is starkly reminded of the choice he had to make literally just before arriving here. He turned his back on his original body in order to fight, not that he has told Ed that, and now-- it's like that choice is mocked.]
I can't fight in a body like this!
[It bursts out of him all of a sudden, anguished and guilty.]