[It's easy to sense the tension, since Connor is practically leaning against Firo. Not completely surprising, though he thinks it's due to the fact that this is information that might be difficult to parse for someone who didn't know what an android was just moments before.]

That's the point.

[Spoken with pointed syllables, that.]

An android is designed to look and sound as close to a human as possible. All to facilitate ease of working with them.