"He did, certainly. But the details behind X's creation is shrouded in secrecy; all my database knows is that Dr. Cain found him in a timer-locked chamber. Instructions had been left stressing that the chamber not be opened until all the morality testing had been completed and passed... and judging by the aging in the alloy, X himself had to be around a century old when I first met him."

She sighed, laying a hand against the crystal embedded in her chest. "But knowing who the man was, and who X is now, Dr. Light wanted something to take into the next generation, no doubt. The time of the chamber's sealing was on the pinnacle of new minds and new ideas ready to be released into the world..."

The hand lowered, and she looked disturbed. "For good or for ill, I suppose. With how strong X is, I think he'd prepared for the latter just as much as the former."

But she canted her head. "The information on Dr. Thomas Light is extensive, but you sound as if you've seen him in the flesh, Blues. I confess I'm envious; I would have had so many questions for him..."