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"Hey, this is Envy. I'm busy or not around, so say whatever you want here and I might get back to you about it."

_{[Why is he not surprised by that name.]}

good
i guess its kind of a dumb thought

not really

I mean, there might not be any two headed babies with man hands here, but I know there's monsters.

back in my world, that's what people would have called something like me.

_{[Envy didn't seem the type to eat other people.]}

I don't think you're a monster.

[No, but he is the type to murder them and start wars. But that aspect of monstrosity isn't what he's talking about right now. His response takes a minute longer than it should.]

did I ever actually tell you just what I am?

_{[Henry doesn't respond for a moment. He's not...afraid of Envy, but he's pretty sure he's not going to reply with 'aquaman' or anything like that.]}

no you didn't

I'm what's called a homunculus, an artificial human. In my world, alchemy is a real science, and sometimes people try to use it to bring back the dead.

A human transmutation like that can't work. Alchemy relies on equal exchange, and there's no exchange for a life or a soul. The alchemist will usually get a body part taken from them as payment for something that's part human and part a creature from the alchemic source. The person they wanted doesn't come back, they just get one of us looking like mangled flesh and bone instead. But we're alive, and if we have enough time and help, we can put ourselves together. We'll have the same body and face as the dead person, more or less, and some of their memories, but we're not them and we're incomplete. We don't get hungry or tired or cold, and we're stronger and faster than a human. Each of us has a special ability too, like how I can shapeshift.

We're not supposed to have souls or feelings or be people at all. I don't think that's true now, but I did for a long time.

_{[Henry tries to think of a response. He's not bothered by what Envy has told him--he just feels sad for him. His friend was Frankenstein's monster. He didn't ask to be made.]

[And he's glad that Envy has already decided that he's a person. Henry doesn't know if he believes in souls but the person thing is important.}

You're not a monster.
You're Envy.

[Those words mean a hell of a lot to him.]

Thanks, Henry.

I've known plenty of regular people who I'd call monsters. It doesn't matter where you came from.

Sorry if I made you feel weird man.

Don't worry about it. It's not like you knew.

besides, I've been calling myself a monster for so long that it doesn't really bother me.

[It only bothers him when he's being called that as though it makes him not a person.]

alright then
so do you have a birthday

yeah but I don't remember what it is, I've never bothered

hang on, there's one registered on my gear id

[He doesn't give much thought to his birthday, clearly. A homunculus' birth hadn't ever been something to celebrate.]

it says november 5th

we're going to bother this year
you better think of something you'd want

really?

...wait is this like christmas presents

exactly like christmas presents
except they're all for you

what about your birthday? when's that?

if you're going to bother about mine then I'm going to have to do the same for you

we can worry about that later

if you say so

I have no idea what I'd want though

you've got a couple of months to figure it out

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