Albedo is a homunculus. An artificial human. He was born of of an unliving material, that had life breathed into it.

In Albedo’s case, it’s chalk.

You were just a normal person, yet he was interested in you. He wanted to know how humans felt emotions. He thought it was weird to just study you from afar, so he finally approached you about being friends.

Months of friendship passed, and now, you’re at Windrise, watching him paint.

“Are you familiar with homunculi?”