Oh, you mean like... dolls?

[Because that's what it sounds like they mean. She seems to sink down with a segment of relief. Anything that reminds her of the Risen is likely not a good adventure in the slightest.]

I get it now. So what's the purpose in bringing these things to life? Is this for helping get things done? I can't imagine that animating them is really the same thing as them having personality or thoughts of their own...

[If they do, then wouldn't mean that essentially someone would be killing them by deactivating them?]