"Through my father and mother both actually. Although it's true that even if my mother had been a Baseline, I would still have been an Augment. Perhaps slightly less enhanced than one bred of two augments, but the difference would have been negligible."  She listened rather avidly, her face for the first time taking on an expression other than bored and pretentious.  She valued information over many life forms and never let a chance slip by for her to learn something new.<br/><br/>"The basecodes that carry over ninety percent of the Augmentations in our genes are provided by the father, when the spermazoa are first generated in our testes. It is possible for a baseline father to create an augment child by impregnating an Augment woman, but the chances are considerably lower, and even if Augmentation takes it could be up to 20 percent less potent than it would have been if the father had been the Augmented partner instead. Of course, how this plays out in inter-species breeding is unknown at this time. Well, it wouldn't surprise me to learn the company has researched the matter. Even tested it. But if so they have not made the results known and, until now they've kept a tight leash on Augments. They fear what might happen if they allowed a superior subspecies of humanity to breed freely.  They are wise to fear it."<br/><br/>She didn't necessarily agree that the Company should fear interbreeding with Augmented beings, but she could understand them being hesitant about letting them breed unchecked.  But all the same she did wonder what would happen if he did breed with a non-human.  And while the part of her that pushed her to find a mate, wanted her to be that woman, she squashed the idea as soon as it entered her mind.  It was true that when she chose to breed, she would breed with the best candidates; but she in no way wanted to breed now, maybe never.  And it was that rebellious thought, that made her heart beat faster, and her hands clench.<br/><br/>"When you do decide to breed, and if that woman where to be a non-human, would you allow me to do some testing?  I mean, I wouldn't be able to do any complex experiments, but I would love to be able to take down notes, and see what the out come would be."  Her voice got more and more excited at the prospect, and she made a note to herself to study up on medical procedures so that she would be able to do some experiments.<br/><br/>"It would even be opportune for me, if you allowed me to be mid wife, and to witness the birth."  As she talked, the idea that she was presuming much flitted through her mind, but she couldn't help it.