Roy was alright with smaller children, if you asked him. Roy never had children of his own- in his past life, he never had time for a love life. He certainly seemed like he was quite the womanizer, but in reality, that was the way he kept his work/alchemy notes undercover. Anyways, Roy did have feelings for someone(that someone being Riza Hawkeye), but due to the marriage laws in Amestris, they couldn't get married. If they got married, they would no longer be subordinates. To stay as a team and to keep their unit together, they didn't let their feelings get in the way of their job. That's how it had been, though now there was no way to return to Amestris. Surely, if he ever came across Riza again, he'd tell her the sad reality of not being able to go home, while opening up other possibilities. The only small child Roy handled back in his old life was Elicia, who was unofficially his niece. Elicia was Maes Hughes daughter, and Maes made sure Roy heard a lot about her during work. Maes was a family guy, he loved his wife and daughter. He still felt anger to this day that he had to be taken away from them by the homunculi.

Roy was limping through the territory, padding along the same path he takes, when a small figure in the distance caught his eye. The male came to a pause, watching as little Connor made his way over to the small figure. He could smell an unfamiliar scent on the creature, he had a feeling that it was a young child, and probably shouldn't be handled by Connor alone. Considering Connor is still pretty young himself, after all. The melanistic bobcat made his way over, his gaze landing on Aaliyah as he noticed her sucking on a discarded nut or bolt. While Connor didn't say anything, Roy saw the item in Aaliyah's mouth as a choking hazard. "Hey, spit that out," The Flame Alchemist instructed, as he lifted his right paw, attempting to lightly nudge her. As he attempted to do this, it was then the male realized she was the same species as him. The only difference between he and her were their pelt colors. Roy was dark, while Aaliyah was light brown.

Was Roy being a little harsh? It seemed like Hazel believed so. Roy's ears pricked in the direction of the feline, glancing at her for a moment, tearing his gaze off of Aaliyah. "I could have been harsher," The Flame Alchemist commented, thinking back to the time he first met Fullmetal- before he became a state alchemist. Edward, at the time, was eleven and survived the taboo- he was confined to a wheelchair, and his brother was stuck in a suit of armor. Back then, that didn't stop Roy from grabbing Edward's collar and demanding what they did. He didn't care how old he was, there had been blood down in that basement and alchemic symbols that they shouldn't have been studying. If anything, Roy was going easy on the bobcat cub. Roy didn't get to say another word to Hazel, or glance at Gordon(who made comments on how cute Aaliyah was), as his attention instantly snapped back to the cub. He heard a mrowl coming out of the tiny kitten, and when he snapped his gaze back onto her, she was leaping at his extended paw.

Roy didn't get a chance to react.

Roy stood there shocked, as Aaliyah seemed to keep hold of his paw, dangling in the air. "Whoa, what's gotten into you?" He said with a nervous smile, as his gaze locked on the bobcat cub. Roy wasn't sure how this managed to happen, Roy hadn't been looking at her when her angered gaze turned to curiosity, when she recognized the connection between them. His eyes gleamed with surprise as he watched the cub lift her head up, letting out another mrowl. It was almost like she was proud, she was proud she managed to leap and hang onto his paws. Has this cub grown attached to me? He thought to himself as he slowly brought his paw down to the ground, so Aaliyah won't be dangling in the air anymore.