IX. Chew
-—Gluttony doesn't understand.
Gluttony's never minded what's going on in the world around him. He's one of the youngest of them all; he knows he's not as smart as Pride or as fast as Sloth or as strong as Envy's true form, so he is content to sit on the sidelines and eat.
That's one thing he's good at, he supposes. He can eat entire cities if he wants to, if his Father commands it; he can eat people even if they try and shoot him with guns or hurt him with other weapons. And since he's always (always) hungry, it's never a problem, even if he's supposed to eat lots of people. It's like his stomach is just a bottomless pit.
He knows he's not as useful as the others...he doesn't even completely understand his Father's plan and what they're all trying to do to the country. He knows Lust goes with him everywhere while others travel alone; he knows he's not as good at planning things as Pride and Lust and Wrath are. But he doesn't really care about that, because Father was the one who created him, so he does his best to do what he wants. That's why he was born, right?
He doesn't think of what happens to things when he eats them; he doesn't know where the people go after he's torn their flesh and ground their bones. He supposes they might be sent back home, with their memories of him and his siblings gone, because doesn't Lust always say that he has to eat people so they can stay a secret? They must forget all about him and the other Homunculi after he eats them.
(He supposes that makes him useful, too. But not nearly as useful as the others.)
Because Pride can do anything with his shadows (he's always terrified Gluttony; he likes Lust much better); Envy's true form is horrifying; Lust can break through anything with her Spear, and Greed can block anything with his Shield; Sloth can move faster than any of them, and Wrath is one of the smartest people ever born...
And what is Gluttony, in the end?
He doesn't ever think on this much, though, because he's decided that it doesn't matter. As long as he's with Lust, everything will be okay, and the world will keep on spinning.
During that time, too, he'll keep on eating; he'll stay hungry and eat as much as he can in the hopes that it will finally, finally, fill his stomach.
And maybe, if the world does end someday, he won't be hungry anymore.
