Talk:PvP/@comment-26403517-20160121162146/@comment-26403517-20160122000746

GreyStark brought up a good point, regardless of the senario. General Ironwood allocated a significant amount of resources into the research and development of the Penny project, so it is questionable why he did not do more to safeguard that investment as is, particularly given Penny's tendency to run away.

But to answer the direct question, the most logical explaination is simply ignorance. Ironwood is a General, not a scientist. Everything he knows about Penny would come from reports written by the science and engineering teams that worked on her, none of whom would be aware of the existence of Maidens. That's highly Classified information they don't need to know. And Penny is a unique being, so there's no baseline comparison for what a 'normal' robot Aura should look like.

On top of that, all 4 Maidens are considered accounted for. There's no reason for Ironwood to suspect Penny of being a Maiden, much less half of one.

Now to answer HalointheSkye, if Penny knew she was dying, I presume she'd want her last thoughts to be happy thoughts, such as about her best and only friend. Why not? I know that, if possible, I'd prefer to pass away happy.