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In episode 62 of Brotherhood series, when Father's stone was nearly depleted,
he started to search desperately for a new one. When he saw Edward Elric
pinned down, his expression suddenly changed and he started walking towards
him, as if he had found one.

If they are part human, part Philosopher's Stone, isn't it kinda ironic that
what they had been looking for was inside them all along?


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If Van Hohenheim is a living Philosopher's Stone, what does that make Edward and Alphonse?


There are a few different things to address here.

First off, **Edward and Alphonse are fully human**. This is actually addressed
when Alphonse first finds out about his dad's origins. Essentially, he
contains a philosopher's stone within himself, but he is still biologically
human.

[!["My soul is fused with the philosopher's stone, but the actual core that
holds me together is myself, a human
being."](https://i.stack.imgur.com/HHZC6.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ouTl3.jpg)  
_Click to enlarge._

Second, remember that **all humans are philosopher's stones**. Edward (kind
of) states this in episode 41, and says that his life energy is identical to
that of a philosopher's stone, and he's right. All humans are simply
philosopher's stones containing exactly one soul.

[!["Right now, I'm nothing more than a philosopher's stone made out of one
soul!"](https://i.stack.imgur.com/1ctpw.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/1ctpw.jpg)

Third, it is because of the above points that Father approached Edward. It
wasn't because he'd get a lot of energy, like from a true, isolated stone
(such as one of Kimblee's), but rather **because Edward had one soul of energy
within him**. Father was desperate.


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