[Varian is absolutely serious and genuine about this. He finally stops, looking even more worried after a question like that. He spies a nearby bench and aborts their mission for a moment to lead Fern over to it, sitting down.]

I mean, only from a point of it being something that makes you... you. You're still alive, you're still a person even if you don't have the- the same physiological components as me. It's not exactly something that I factor in when I think about you. Why?