"Exactly." Handy breaks out into a smile. It's not often he explains this, and less often that he can explain it in any really meaningful way. 'Stuff happens and I'm new again' is usually the extent of it. "It's...well," he says, considering. Here's one point where telling the truth means he needs to pick his way through carefully, lest he start sharing some unfortunate historical facts. "Engineered, but in all likelihood building on traits that had been starting to crop up naturally. It's...complicated. Politically complicated."

He makes a face, as if to say 'and do we really want to talk politics?'