Serph can agree with that; demon, AI, dead human... he is more than any one of those things. He is himself. Though he understands intuitively that it's not the type of answer people are looking for when they ask him what he is.

But there's a certain amount of practicality to be had. Because he is a demon, then he must take action to ensure he and his Tribe lived.

"When I was forced to change, I adapted to it. The was no other way to survive." The world influences the person and the person influences the world. "What makes demons uncivilised?"