 The Cartier automata were invented by a Dr Toxicophilous with robotic consciousness that harnessed 'quantum magic', and this quantum-mechanical seat of consciousness is situated in the womb of their descendants, the Lilim.The pair are in the restaurant on a job from Madame Kito, but while Primavera is engaged in assassinating one of Kito's rivals Ignatz is rendered unconscious.Ignatz and Primavera, now captured and rendered unconscious with a special girdle around her "umbilicus" (navel), are taken by Jack Morgenstern to the American Embassy, where they are locked up.