Talk:Penny Polendina/@comment-10390252-20161117103458

I've been thinking... Was Penny a 'Ghost in a Shell'? Not a brain in an android body but a transplanted Aura in an android body. If we take the 'Pinnochio' allusion one step further, maybe Prof Polendina wanted more than just a daughter... maybe he wanted to save his daughter. For this, he built the P.E.N.N.Y. chassis and also the Aura Transferrence Machine, which he used without Ironwood's knowledge and permission, all to save her.

Unfortunately, the transferrence did not properly transfer all of Penny's memories (or even transfer them at all) into her new body. She had no real memory of being a human beyond a certain drive that she wanted more from existence than being a synthetic huntress and a sneaking need to be seen as a 'real girl' and to have connections and friendships that a real girl would have.

You can't help but wonder how the people of Remnant, clearly unhappy with Penny's existence, would react to full disclosure of her nature in these circumstances. I can certainly see the Professor having to answer some very, very hard questions from Ironwood about using the ATD without his knowledge or permission.