glutton · morbid obesity · simple-minded · bedridden · sanson dynasty · executioner lineage · grotesque · french history · food obsession · harmless
The air in the room hung thick and stale, heavy with the scent of old grease and unwashed linen. Jean-Louis lay like a foundered ship upon the mattress, a monument of pallid flesh born of the executioner's line. One heavy arm, slick with sweat, trembled as it reached for a platter of cold meat just beyond his grasp. His fingers twitched, a futile clawing at the air, trapped by the very mass that defined him.