"Viral, you're more human than you give yourself credit for. Not to correct you, but the majority of your being is in fact based on human genealogy and cells." Now the genetic composition, that was something Ikura was rather familiar with. Viral didn't think he was human, but that couldn't be further from the truth. Smiling the old man held out a finger, folding his other arm across his chest. "True, you are not a 'pure' human, to put it that way, but you are human. All of your cells, the mixture of the animals that make you, they couldn't be combined on their own. We needed a catalyst, something to bind them all together and make it work. As it happened it turned out that, with some adjustments human cells were actually quite susceptible to altering, and through those we had managed to create you." Human DNA was the glue that essentially bound together a Beastman, so in a sense they were in fact humans. More so than even chimpanzees were if you were to look at similar genes. Simply put Beastmen were humans with added features, and indeed every bit as human as a regular one. "I figured you might like to know where your cells come from as well. Getting a donor had proven to be tricky after a while, because there was no guarantee of success. But we had one woman graciously give us enough to work with, and it resulted in your 'birth', if you will. That woman was June, Vegeta's mother and Aito's husband. For all intents and purposes she's your mother as well, biologically even."

In light of that revelation perhaps Viral would finally understand Vegeta and Yumi's claims that he had family. True, he had not been born in a conventional manner, but he was as genetically close to Vegeta as a regular sibling would be. Frankly they could have probably grown a human in the exact same manner, but that hadn't been their end goal. Digressing a bit Ikura smiled sadly as Viral opened up about his feelings a bit more. "But that was not your fault. As I said, your forms will override your reasoning when in extreme duress or when a need isn't being sated. In this event you experienced both, and thus carried out the act. But hating yourself for that would be akin to Vegeta changing and performing a deed. In the strictest sense yes, it was you, but it was not consciously carried out by you. I know you as well as anyone, Viral, even after all these years. You were tempered to be a warrior, yes, and to be strong. But you were not made to be heartless or attack like that. It's not in you to do that, you're far too compassionate when in control of yourself." The smile widened slightly, the corners of Ikura's eyes wrinkling as he reached out, patting Viral's paw. "Upon your birth you were like a child, full of wonder and cheer. That is the kind of man you are, believe it or not. And we will regain that, to some extent."

After all, Viral's childish behavior had something to do with his naivety of the world. Much as they had endowed him upon his creation there was no substituting first hand experience. Being aware of something and knowing how something works were two entirely different concepts. "You mentioned eating before, yes? You felt ill, though I would imagine it did feel nice too, having some sustenance after so long. While your body can go without nutrition it will have noticeable effects. Part of the reason you lose control of yourself when experiencing hunger is your human part, or to put it in another way, your rationale can't sustain itself before the more primal forms. That's why they assume control, to get the nutrition you've otherwise denied yourself. We'll work on your eating, but I'm positive that when you're back to comfortable habits you'll assume control as well."