[Archer tenses immediately, glancing over at Kimblee with that question. He's still not very good at reading this version of the alchemist, but the blankness in his tone implies that it's not an attack, right? Still, he doesn't answer the question for several minutes, evaluating Kimblee instead.]

[When he finally does speak, he still sounds on edge and like he's about to start screeching.]

Of course it wasn't. What the hell do you take me for, Kimblee? If I had known what was going to happen of course I would have done everything in my power to stop it. There are always casualties in war. I know that. I was fully prepared for that. But I still needed that damn alchemist...!

[There. He's admitted it. Kimbley's dead. Was he supposed to feel relieved now that that's out there? Because he doesn't. If anything, he feels worse.]