I wonder what Darwin would have to say about that... Or evolutionary biology.

( It's a joke Lavi won't be able to get, and she offers him a small smile, processing what he's said. It's The Truth as far as she can regard it, in relation to his world, and as The Truth she takes it at face value.

People came from Noah. Noah genes are carried repressed until awoken. Then human becomes Noah.

What a frightening, literal thought. )

Bloodlines. Do Noah ever have kids, then? How does it pass on? I mean, if it's actually genetics...

( No offense, Lavi, but she's not sure what passes as an understanding of genetics for you. )

Or if everyone has the gene, couldn't it keep awaking if you take a Noah out? Just activates in the next person it can?

( But ah -- she gives a small shake of her head. )

Where do you fit into this? I know you're an Exorcist, but Bookman Jr? Who's Bookman senior? That sounds like a whole other title.

( Give her a while to make the joke about this hammer being Innocence incarnate. )