"Every soul stable enough to be independent of its maker has free will," he said quietly. "That does not mean that its makers have no responsibility, regarding their influence on its creation. And that holds true, whether one is made or born. Such is the role of a parent -- of everyone of influence in that younger one's origin and upbringing. ...And it sounds like that holds true for the ones you speak of, even with the belief in their being dangerous. I dare say that if that belief were changed, so too would their nature be. Perhaps one could be summoned, some day, that harms none?"

He was less sure what to make of the rest of that, though, funny enough. "And it... is merely a form of rock. Or do you mean the differences between those? That some are forged in fire, and others found in rivers, or...?"