"Of course it isn't a real person." Honestly, Natsuno, what do you take him for? Pal sighs, and rubs his temples, and tries to remind himself that not everyone grew up with servitor skeletons wandering around doing menial tasks. "It's an amalgamation of collagen and calcium phosphate that happens to be in the shape of a human skeleton."

And because, for better or worse, Palamedes believes that almost all misunderstandings can be caused via education, he adds, "If you want to come in I can show you how it works."