"Alright darling, do you remember the rumors of my quitting the Skyway Patrol, after Jennifer died?" XJ-9 nodded, her circuits calculating all the possible ways this could have anything to do with the matter at hand, though finding no concrete answer.

"Well those rumors were true, after Jennifer died I devoted my life to the study of robots. Luckily I always stayed involved. Now XJ-9 do you remember your experiences on Cluster Prime, the planet inhabited by androids?" Again XJ-9 nodded, still calculating.

Nora sighed, "Have you noticed how all those citizens having completely accurate AIs? Completely advanced new technology and functions? Almost eerily similar to the way your own AI functions?" XJ-9 gasped in horror.

"Mom! Are you telling me my brain is made of alien technology? VEXUS technology!?"

"No, no darling, although I will admit it was influenced by it. Here is how your brain came to pass, we actually encountered Vexus a few times during my years of service in the Skyway Patrol, and after I quit, (throughout which she became more and more violent, so it's a good thing you came along when you did).

Well her technology, though still more advanced than ours, had not fully matured yet, and at that point the Skyway Patrol could still defeat her using wits and strategy. After one particularly nasty defeat they sent an intelligence cruiser crashing down to Earth, and found a few blueprints on it, pertaining to the citizens there.

Out of courtesy to me and my years of service they allowed me to take a look at them. Luckily these blueprints were utterly useless to them military-wise and I was allowed to keep them, in fact they might still be near the telescope somewhere… hope Sheldon hasn't gotten a look at them. Regardless the technology they contained was stunning. Absolutely stunning.

They had advances in AI that we could only dream of, and after multiple modifications seeing as it was the basic model that all the androids there was based off of, and removing some useless golden chip limitation, I made you. Your personality came from my own head, and your artificial intelligence's amazing feats come from the Cluster's design.

Darling you have the most unique AI on both earth and Cluster Prime, and although I suppose I programmed you with the basic essentials, empathy and kindness and what-have-you, your AI formed it's personality itself, your brain can learn and adapt, better than any robot's maybe even better than any human's"

The impulses in XJ-9's circuits were pulsing into overdrive, acknowledging, that although her mother was her maker, she was really created by herself and her own experiences. Noting that her sister's would never have the same type of AI she did, and processing that she preferred to be based off of alien technology, compared to a 16-year old human. Amid the buzz of electrical activity, impulses running this way and that, one emotion rang clear. Happiness.

"Oh mom, you made me! I made me! I'm not based off of someone! I wasn't meant to replace!" XJ-9's mechanical arms stretched out to hug her mother, "I was made to be ME!" her voice rang out, overjoyed.

"Yes darling," Nora choked out, through her daughter's death grip, "You are your own person, your own robot, your own AI…and you will always be my daughter."