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Probably not. Cyborgs may have been a stretch, but many believed them to be artificial to some extent (such as a homonculi). Although, there were a few signs pointing that they were actual people. #1 being that they had emotions (for the most part at least). Another hint was with the soot controlling ability being able to move and interact with things that are not soot, but just have soot on them or touching them.
One other hint that I can think of, and it was a tricky one to find, was with the whole premise of them becoming the shadow's faces by acting out their emotions and expressions perfectly synchronized. This would be almost if not entirely impossible for humans to do, even with practice it would take many years of close contact with only 1 person to get all of their subtle mannerisms down and muscle memorized. Speaking in terms of practicality, this is very inefficient if not a pointless endeavor since it will not work just about every time. However, if we look at the inverse, where the shadow is learning to copy the face's expressions, while also, the face it told to try to mimic the shadow, they will sync up way more easily because they will be both trying to find common ground, instead of one only copying the other. Pair this with soot control, and you mitigate the subtle unexpected movements while maximizing the symmetry since the shadow can simply physically manipulate the face directly to make them mirror their current expression.
Probably not. Cyborgs may have been a stretch, but many believed them to be artificial to some extent (such as a homonculi). Although, there were a few signs pointing that they were actual people. #1 being that they had emotions (for the most part at least). Another hint was with the soot controlling ability being able to move and interact with things that are not soot, but just have soot on them or touching them.
One other hint that I can think of, and it was a tricky one to find, was with the whole premise of them becoming the shadow's faces by acting out their emotions and expressions perfectly synchronized. This would be almost if not entirely impossible for humans to do, even with practice it would take many years of close contact with only 1 person to get all of their subtle mannerisms down and muscle memorized. Speaking in terms of practicality, this is very inefficient if not a pointless endeavor since it will not work just about every time. However, if we look at the inverse, where the shadow is learning to copy the face's expressions, while also, the face it told to try to mimic the shadow, they will sync up way more easily because they will be both trying to find common ground, instead of one only copying the other. Pair this with soot control, and you mitigate the subtle unexpected movements while maximizing the symmetry since the shadow can simply physically manipulate the face directly to make them mirror their current expression.
