And without the means to know better, they follow her.
[Because newborn homunculi are trusting, naive children. They may look like adults in most cases, but they never act like them. Not at first.]
I did, too, for a time. But then I realized I really didn't want mortality. That's too finite, too much like nothing for me. And then I remembered things that, frankly, made sticking with her impossible.
[voice, private]
And without the means to know better, they follow her.
[Because newborn homunculi are trusting, naive children. They may look like adults in most cases, but they never act like them. Not at first.]
I did, too, for a time. But then I realized I really didn't want mortality. That's too finite, too much like nothing for me. And then I remembered things that, frankly, made sticking with her impossible.