No. You're alive. Aren't you? Just because you don't have a marking doesn't mean you should be terminated. Or starved.

[... just because he was only a prototype doesn't mean he should be killed ... ]

[This is hitting too close to home. Maybe that's the reason he can't leave this alone. Why he's taking such a risk.]

[He was never allowed to live. Someone should be.]

It isn't far. Keep moving.