[He kind of wants to reach out and pet the spirit, but he'll refrain... Not because he's afraid of being burnt, but because he doesn't want to come off as rude.]

Yeah, we're not really the same. [Not human, but spirits of a sort, too. As for the question:] Nope! Some of us were left as offerings for gods, but none of us are actually like, god-spirits ourselves, see? Those're usually the types people pray to, and we're just swords. Sometimes people ask some of us for good luck or stuff like that, though.