He listens, and by the end of it he's shaking his head. Mark may have a point, but the point doesn't apply to Huvrye, or to other Lasardin homunculi. They may be thinking, reasoning beings - any soldier that can't think for itself in the field is just dead meat - but that doesn't make them people. "It's not the same. You've been a person your whole life, even when your government didn't treat you like one. I've never been one, and making my own choices here doesn't change that. Homunculi aren't people."

As for his past, he gets the feeling a lot of choices are going to be made for him if anyone ever finds out about the details. Better to keep that under wraps for as long as he can.