Ah. [ Qubit sits back slightly, placing a hand on his chin. He thinks he gets it now - it's either the fact that they're animate without being alive (like Carlisle himself), or that the process sounds very similar to how Carlisle raises the dead. Probably both, maybe with a splash of uncanny valley as well.

After a moment's consideration, he decides he might as well provide his own context. Only fair. ]

That's actually not far off. In my world, it's a humanoid made of clay, animated by writing one of the names of God on a tablet inside its mouth. [ He waves one hand, vaguely gesturing at nothing. ] Or something similar - writing "TRUTH" on its forehead, et cetera - there's some variation in the literature. But that's the method they used in Prague, which is the only confirmed case.