Ed has become the youngest state alchemist and gets his official pocket watch.  Meanwhile, Shou Tucker appears anxious about his annual assessment.  While Ed tries to look up information on Tucker, he meets a strange tattooed man outside the library.  One the way home Ed sees the body of a woman killed which appears a lot like the body of his mother when he and Al tried to bring her back.  Recovering back at Tuckers, he goes to the basement and finds a new talking chimera.  He also discovers that Tucker has used his own daughter and their dog to create it.