"If I may add," Takamatsu said, "it was I that petitioned Rachel to join Cortex. I met her at a lecture, and she asked the most incisive questions. Afterward, I investigated and found nothing in her genetic history to suggest such an intellect. She was a leap, a mutation of her bloodline. That fascinated me. I employed her and took repeated scans of her cerebrum; its layout transformed the Babbage circuit design and helped the machines achieve consciousness. There’s a part of her in every MI."