You're...a computer program? [That's...one of the stranger life forms he's encountered within Paradisa, although it does explain the glowy lines and why this guy isn't half-naked like everyone else.] I...see. I think.

[But even that can't distract him from the presence of the Marker lookalike for long. He glances back at it, and has to suppress another shiver.] ...I don't know that this one is the real thing. I haven't had any compulsion to touch it yet. ...But I'd still recommend not lingering near it.