He is reminded of what he said to Winry; he never got to be the one that blew up, because either she or Ed beat him to it first. It's at times like this where he wished that his brother was a little less blunt, or had the tact to wait for Al to voice his concerns in his own time instead of being pressured into revealing them.

But then he wouldn't be Brother.

Al doesn't bother denying it, he just rubs the back of his head awkwardly and nods, eyes cast down to fix on the floor between them as though it were somehow more interesting than Ed.

"I spoke to Major General Armstrong, and she told me... she said you hurt Lieutenant Hawkeye once."