"A fragment of a play, or a dialogue, it seems. I’ve seen it before. It’s something about some people creating some artificial people as slaves. And the slaves revolt against their makers. If Thon Taddeo had read the Venerable Boedullus’ De Inanibus, he would have found that one classified as ‘probable fable or allegory.’ But perhaps the thou would care little for the evaluations of the Venerable Boedullus, when he can make his Own."