[Well, that changes things. He nods.]

I get it. I didn't expect them to have souls. I thought they were... I don't know, constructs or summons. Are they born as butterflies, or..?

[Or were they the souls of people, in another life? Once again, he feels totally out of his depth. Genre-savvy as he thinks he is, he was sure that the butterflies were merely aesthetically pleasing companion creatures, but he was totally off the mark!]