"Sure it is, Fullmetal. Think about it -- you're playing under an arbitrary set of rules to accomplish a goal. What else is a game by that? Your problem is you think a game isn't serious."

Greed steepled his fingers, smiling over them at Ed with a wicked, dangerous look in his eyes. "Games can be serious. Games can cost lives. But you're playing along with the rules for the same reason I am -- because playing along benefits us, as far as we can tell. It's all in the service of getting what we want."