"You shouldn't believe half the things my Princess says about me," Hiroki says, with a slightest blush. "Ziggy, I mean. Er."

"Not quite human? Well. If you say so, then I guess I'm not quite human," Hiroki says, and giggles a little.

Then looks serious.

"I'm not being flippant. It's all very simple if one's an Alchemist, I bet, but I'm not, so 'what the quiznak am I?' question I usually answer by saying 'myself'. Sorry."