Board Thread:Versus Battles/@comment-27044517-20180717182144/@comment-31165326-20180722210959

Well in some schools of thought, metal has a soul, so yes.

Mercer thought he was the real Mercer for a long time and was able to behave totally perfectly, it was only when he found out otherwise that he became a Socipathic Maniac.

He's not alive in the traditional sense due to being unable to reproduce on his own, considering he's Virus, but it's close enough that something as abstract as a soul isn't exactly disqualified just because he's missing 1 out of 5 check boxes.