On a cold night much like this one, a homunculus child, the first and only of its kind, was born from a unexpectedly successful experiment. The first step was to create a soul. A molten mixture of 1 part ether, 1 part malium, and  and 2 parts gold was made and poured into a mana condenser. Colloquially speaking, one could say the ether was the “good” in a person, the malium “evil”, and the gold was the “courage” to overcome both good and evil.  Realistically speaking, these materials were found to keep mana signatures even while under high heat. The second step was to create a mind. Tiny, tiny alchemical circles were painted onto the very atoms of the mixture, creating a neuron-like connection between the particles. The mana condenser was activated forcing the very image of a newborn human’s mind onto the molten-hot mixture as it slowly cooled and condensed the liquid into a round stone. The final step was to create a body. One 10 liter vat of artificial slime was prepared to have very high surface tension, smooth, flesh-like texture, and a solution of enzymes that processed food into mana, processed mana into artificial slime and processed artificial slime back into mana. The stone was carefully placed into the artificial slime and mana steadily added until it began to take the form of a normal baby boy. Two teary-eyed, parents stood before a now-crying baby. They felt a happiness and relief beyond measure at the sight of their newborn son. They had no idea of the kind of monster they had created.