He shrugs. "I think," he says in a tone that isn't nearly as smug now, "I was used as some sort of warning. 'If you don't follow the rules, you'll end up like Greed.'" Though more likely, it was because locking Greed away had been the more devastating punishment.

That sort of weakness wasn't something he wanted to share. That someone who was more monster than man had been effectively crippled by being cut off from humanity was something he was aware of, but couldn't bring himself to admit.

"It's a more effective threat to keep me alive."