I'm animate, of course, but alive, not exactly. [To live, as far as Padparadscha has learnt since being here, also means to die, and death has no meaning for gems like themselves.

That description makes Padparadscha laugh a little, though.] But not all of the men I've seen have that extra hair, and not all of the women have those fleshy bulbs on their chests. It's the variety that makes it more interesting, but also more difficult.