the carpet crawlers heed their callers

As humans go, Shulk is quite simple. Boring. Pale, and flavorless. Taste-bud-less, too.

To an outside observer, anyway. Someone who doesn't know his passion, his confusion, his righteous anger and his sheepish shame.

As Alvis goes, Shulk is incredible in every way: for his boringness, for his incredulity.

Shulk is an example of all humanity - of all Homs. He is, of course, also an individual. In all of this, he is an immensely fascinating individual.

But to Alvis, he is sweet, determined, resilient, eager. He is all the things Alvis fell in love with about humanity centuries ago...in one.