Well, that's fair. Foster can't even complain about that, let alone argue. The only problem is that Foster's idea of what makes someone human and Jasper's idea of the same are about to diverge sharply, and there's not even a wood or a road less travelled by to tell a story about later.

"No," Foster responds, and as far as he's concerned, he's not even lying. "Call me a person-shaped object."

Then he laughs.