I will confess that it puts on a convincing display, and that you have fallen for it like a fool. That you would have such intimate feelings for the machine bespeaks well of its maker and his talents, or mayhap your depravity.

A person is born, not created, and whilst living creatures in Eorzea vary greatly, they all share something at their core: a soul. A machine has no such thing, though I have heard some are powered by aether, 'tis not the same.