[Ted has a good guess about what's ailing her, meticulous as he is about keeping Genessia's who's-who up to date. He'll keep quiet about it, electing to try and dull the past with the present.]

Good; you know how I enjoy humor. Well, my question's this: do you think you could discern between a real and a false beast?

[He's softened up on the subarchway thing, so to keep her thoughts from supposing he would rant upon the same soapbox, he'll provide another example.]

For example, one reared by nature, organically, as opposed to one reconstructed out of hard light, or something equally artificial?