"Oh, various reasons." Hello, Murtagh, you have boarded the train to ANGST CITY via BITTERNESS TOWN, hope you paid your fare. "Replacing kidnapping victims so that no one comes looking for them. Taking the place of dead religious leaders. Bulking up armies when no real people can be convinced to join mad, inherently suicidal causes. Allowing a madman to deceive himself into thinking that he isn't destroying the world."

You think your political climate is a wreck because of replicas? Ho boy. You have no idea. Asch shifts on the bed, crossing his legs aggressively at the knee. "The first known human replica was a horrifically failed attempt at bringing back the dead. That's the least horrible thing they've been created for."