Sin turned around to see not Lust, but another homunculus. Sin frowned. "You're not Lust…"

"Very perceptive." The homunculus was a woman and her voice very much resembled Lust's.

"Wait…" Sin was starting to remember what she had heard from Mustang. "You're…You're Ed and Al's…" she glared at the homunculus. "You're Sloth, aren't you?"

"Oh, you've heard about me! I'm blushing, really, I am. The great and powerful Pride knows who I am."

"What the hell are you doing here, Sloth?"

Sloth flipped her black hair behind her shoulder. "What every mother does, Pride," she looked at the closed door. "Looking after my children."

Sin approached Sloth and grabbed her by the neck with one of her strong, automail hands. "You lost the right to be their mother when you joined the homunculi, Sloth."

"Oh, Pride, don't be so cruel." Sloth took hold of Sin's arm and pushed it away easily. "I came a very long way to see you."

"So the homunculi aren't in Krayensburg?"

Sloth laughed. Like Lust's laugh, it was horrible, almost like hearing fingernails screeching on a hard and glossy surface. "Do you honestly think that I would tell you, Pride?"

Sin glared at her. "Stop calling me that," she murmured.

"What? Do you not like being called 'Pride' anymore?"

"I said," Sin thrust her arm out into the air and Sloth was hurled against the wall across from Sin's bed. "Stop calling me that!"

Sloth regained her composure and frowned. "Fine, fine…what do you go by now? Kraya?"

Sin clenched her fists. "You have NO right to call me by my birth name."

"Your birth name, as far as Dante is concerned, is Pride." Sloth saw that Sin was beginning to fume, so she quickly added, "But you go by 'Sin' now, don't you?"

"Let's cut the crap, Sloth," Sin said through clenched teeth. "And figure out the real reason why you came to see me."

Sloth sighed. "Like I said, Sin, I have a right to check on my boys." She started to look around Sin's apartment.

"And like I said, Sloth, you lost that right when you joined the homunculi."

"It's not a choice, Sin, and you know it." Sloth's voice was harsher now. "You never chose to be associated with Dante, did you?"

"No," Sin admitted. "But I was different—"

"Oh, I know that you were different, Sin," Sloth resumed poking around Sin's belongings. "Lust and Envy told me all about you; the homunculus with a heart, with emotion…" her voice was filled with nostalgia. "Tell me, Sin…What is it like to have emotion? How does it feel to…feel?"

Sin looked down. "Much like it felt to be human, actually." She looked back up at Sloth and glared at her. "But the powers are a big plus."

Sloth chuckled. "Oh, yes, I can imagine so; especially with powers as great and terrible as yours. Tell me, can you still manipulate the air molecules to do as you please?"

Sin rolled her eyes. She was getting tired of this very quickly. Sin waved her hand lazily and Sloth followed its path, slamming into the wall once again. "Is that a good enough answer for you, Sloth?"

The homunculus gathered herself together and stood facing Sin. "Why are you always so cruel, Sin?"

"Because you get on my nerves," Sin growled and readied her hand to hurl Sloth across the room again, but suddenly, Sloth literally turned into a puddle of water.

Sin laughed. "Oh, Sloth," she said, still laughing. "When will you learn that nothing the homunculi do surprise me anymore?" the smile vanished from Sin's face. She clapped her hands together and slammed them to the ground. Electricity shocked the water molecules and the water exploded all over the room. The water slowly began to gather itself back together in the form of Sloth.

Sloth shuddered. "That didn't feel too nice," she commented.

Sin readied her hand again. "Then I wouldn't try to surprise me anymore. You'll only get yourself hurt."

"You amaze me, Sin," The water homunculus started to circle around Sin. Sin countered Sloth's movement so that they were both walking in opposite directions in a circle.

"How so?"

"I have never met you before this day; not once. But somehow, I feel as if in these past few minutes, we've grown to be like sisters."

Sloth's sweet tone disgusted Sin. "Oh really? Well, I beg to differ."

Sloth laughed her horrid laugh once more. "We're not so different, you and I. Dante told me all about your precious…what was his name…? Oh, yes…Hansel." Sin sent Sloth flying across the room yet again. Once she gathered herself together, Sloth grinned sinisterly. "It seems that I have struck a nerve."

Sin's fists were clenched into tight balls of metal. "Don't you DARE talk about him!" she screamed.

"Who? Hansel?"

Sin cringed, rage pulsing through her veins.

"Hansel and Kraya…oh, how sweet,"

"I'm giving you ten seconds to get the hell out of my apartment, Sloth."

"Or what?" Sloth put her hands on her hips.

"One."

"You'll kick me out by force?"

"Two."

"Oh, don't be like this, Sin—"

"Three."

"I'll tell you the real reason I came here."

"Seven."

"What? You can't skip four, five, and six and go straight to seven!"

"Eight."

"Don't you want to know the real reason I came?"

"Nine."

"Sin, don't be like this."

"Ten. Time's up, Sloth." Sin's fist cackled with electricity.

"Greed's dead, Sin!" the electricity instantly halted.

"Wh…What did you say…?"

"You heard me, Sin. Greed is dead. Edward Elric slew him. Brutally. Need I say more?"

Sin's eyes darted around, as if looking for help. "N-No…Greed…he wouldn't die so easily…"

"He didn't." Sloth stepped closer to Sin. "I watched it happen. He fought bravely, but in the end, Edward Elric prevailed."

Sin looked up at Sloth, her eyes glowing with rage. "You're lying…"

Sloth shook her head as she neared Sin. "I'm not. If you don't believe me, ask Edward and Alphonse Elric. They should be able to tell you how they murdered your Greed."

"He…He was mine to kill…" Tears started to leak from Sin's eyes. She stared at them in her hands. Wh…Why does his death have so much of a hold on me? Why? I didn't love him…I only wanted to kill him… He killed my…my…my Hansel… HE KILLED MY HANSEL!

"I know, my Pride…I know…" Sloth pulled Sin close to her body and the two sat there, Sin wrapped up in Sloth's folds. I have her exactly where I want her. Sloth bent her head down and softly licked the skin just below Sin's right ear; exactly where her homunculus mark was tattooed.

Sin froze. Her breathing stopped, and the gleam left her golden eyes. Her body slunk lifelessly against Sloth.

Sloth sighed and picked up the unconscious homunculus in her arms. "My poor Pride," she said. "You must be feeling exhausted. Let's go to Lior. You will find it most suiting." With that, Sloth took off back to Lior, Sin lying unconscious in her arms.