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If we think of this fight sequence as a complete story, we've reached the "Dark Night of the Soul," moment. Things have gotten as dark as they can get. Mustang and Havoc are down, presumably left for dead, and now the story shifts back to Barry, Alphonse and Riza. There's some brief (but important) set up for a future conflict for Alphonse. (This isn't important to the fight at hand, but it's important to the larger story, and remember these rules for good writing: set up, pa