Although unable to extract the answer she was looking for, Alexis kept Vincent's advice in mind. With him moving to a new topic, she paid attention to what he asked, then replied, "Since the theory of my presence being sudden and unexplained conflicts with my pre-existing directives, I would conclude that I have existed within Hayley Summerland's subconsciousness from the very start of her biological conception, but have remained dormant until my dormancy state was permanently deactivated."