"Well?" Anger asked. "Are you going to cry now?"

Kirina stared up at her defiantly. She couldn't do any sort of alchemy because her hands were bound tightly behind her back. Her cheek was slightly bruised and the blood was still fresh on her lip.

"You know the answer to that," she responded.

Anger sighed with exasperation. "Geez, this is getting very stupid."

"It's been stupid. When did you figure it out?"

"I was hoping it wouldn't come to this, but I have no choice. Hey, Lust, come in here."

Kirina looked up at the new homunculus. She was taller than Anger, but very pale.

"Hello," Kirina said.

Lust smiled. "What a polite and beautiful child," she said, stroking Kirina's cheek with her fingernails.

Kirina hardly noticed the warm blood falling down her face.

"So, when do you plan on untying me?" she asked. "I came here of my own free will. It's not like I'm going to run away."'

"We can't be sure of that," Lust responded. "Besides, this way you can't use alchemy, now can you?"

"Look, we both now I'm wasting your time. Why don't you just take my blood? There's plenty of it lying on the floor."

"You know it doesn't work. Now, what is it going to take for you to cry? Do I need to bring the little blond-haired pipsqueak?"

"He's not a blond-haired little pipsqueak. His name is Edward Elric and he's a lot smarter than you think."

Lust chuckled. "That's what that fool of a doctor said."

"Besides, I know what you would do to him. The same thing you did to my parents."

"Ah, you remember?"

"Yes. So if you bring Ed here and try to kill him as well, I'll kill myself."

"And how are you going to do that? By biting off your tongue."

"I mentioned there's plenty of blood on the floor, didn't I? What makes you think I can't just draw a transmutation circle and have whatever comes out kill me?"

Lust smiled. "Well, aren't you the smart one."

"Should I take that as a compliment or an insult, bitch?"

Lust ignored her. She stood up and walked out of the cellar.

"Come along, Anger."

Anger frowned at Kirina.

"Watch your tongue, you stupid kid," she hissed.

"Bite me," Kirina hissed back.

Anger slammed the door shut, leaving Kirina alone in the darkness.

"What happened?" Envy asked.

Lust sighed and sat down on a chair. "She won't do what we tell her to do. She's so stubborn."

"Just like the pipsqueak."

"Yes, but I get the feeling there's something else about her. Anger, you knew her when she was younger. What was she like?"

Anger shrugged. "The same way she is now. Except without her first State Alchemist certification."

This got Lust's attention. "Certification?"

"She probably doesn't remember it, but Kirina became an unofficial State Alchemist when she was seven. It had something to do with the war."

"What idiots," Envy said, laughing. "Putting a little girl like her on the battlefield."

Lust turned to Anger. "Anger, why don't you go and sing to her?"

Anger nodded and left.

"Lust, when can I eat her?" Gluttony asked.

"You know you can't do that. Her mother would kill us if we let you eat her."

Envy rolled his eyes. "Yeah. Like she'd ever have the guts to. Besides, do the words 'not human' mean anything to her?"

"Of course they do. After all, the girl's mother is not human herself."

So there you have it. Kirina's mother is not human and she's obviously still among the living. And she's a lot closer than Kirina thinks. The next few chapters will be a great disappointment. Oh, and it may cause sadness for Ed.