Is it truly? And here I expected this to be the stranger part. Perhaps I should adjust my expectations, in the future.

[but the faintly amused tone there quickly fades, voice slightly softer when he answers-- it's a little slower, as if he's more hesitant to say it.]

Mm... of a sort. They are somewhat like us, in that they too are weapons, but... corrupted, may be the best word for it.