Al’s sweet. The fandom understands that Al’s sweet. There’s no denying that. But I think people let that perception of Al mask the fact that he’s sassy as shit. Especially toward Ed.
Alphonse “Ohhhh great, now my arm fell off because my brother’s a big fat idiot!” Elric Alphonse “No way we look nothing alike. I don’t have a mean face like my brother. And I’m way taller!” Elric Alphonse “How do you plan to make this work? Because Scar literally tore us apart last time, Ed.” Elric
Alphonse is saucy as all hell and he takes none of Ed’s shit. The boy 400% definitely encouraged the most ridiculous tall tales about the Fullmetal Alchemist which spread around Amestris.
You are 112% right. Gluttony attacks the lot of them and Mustang’s flame attack doesn’t work, so Ed, Al and Mustang just start sprinting for their lives. While they’re running Al’s plan b is literally “Hey let’s leave Mustang behind.”
The exact exchange in the dub is
Ed: sarcastically “Hey, that worked well!” Mustang: “You’ve got something better, be my guest!” Al: “Or we could just leave you behind, Colonel. You’re the one he’s really after!”
The scanlation is even more brutal
“Don’t follow us. It’s targeting you.”
Ice cold, Alphonse Elric.
I answered this ask two years ago and I just realized anon said “short tales” instead of “tall tales” and frankly, that’s canon.