[ bandit's tail wags even more and he bumps his nose against her cheek, careful to keep his spiky bits out of the way of her eyes.

that question is a loaded one, at least for answering. ]

Most people are born, I guess. Some of the people where I'm from are made - they're made of metal and electricity, but they still have feelings and thoughts. People think because they weren't born the way everyone else was that that makes them subhuman.