Sophia Amae

Sophia Amae (소피아 아마에) is one of Workshop Researchers assistant in charge to teach Beniamino Cassano and Kang Horyang about languages and basic human interaction until the boys reached the age of 12. She was working with the Living Ignition Weapon projects of The Workshop, currently focusing with Emily.

Appearance and Personality
Sophia is almost never seen unhappy and retains a relatively young look, although her age is unknown. She has brown eyes and hair and wears a brown turtle-neck and a black dress. She always appears with a scientist's coat.

Sophia is a fairly compassionate woman, being noted for being the only researcher who treated Cassano and Horyang as if they were only human beings. She seemed to always retain a happy attitude and was never seen angry. Though this might have been just an act, as when Beta was made he was only given a number for a name.

History
Sophia was an illegitimate child from the Middle Area but, thanks to being way more smarter or intelligent than other children, she was fortunate enough to become a Workshop Researcher. She decided to take part in experiments like the Living Ignition Weapon experiment so she could make abandoned, illegitimate children like her to become strong and be able to protect themselves.

Sophia was part of the team that developed Living Ignition Weapons. Unlike other researchers, she treated the then young Cassano and Horyang as "human beings" rather than test subjects. She taught Cassano and Horyang how to speak the universal language of the Tower, the Macsethian language. Together, they laughed, talked and played around. Horyang recalls his memories that those things were the most beautiful and valuable among all of the things that he learned from The Workshop. She also gave them their first non-numeric names; the name she gave Horyang (no. 21) was Beniamino Ilmar and the name she gave Cassano (no. 99) was Beniamino Cassano. However, once they became Living Ignition Weapons, they never saw her again.

The Workshop Battle: Archimedes
She reappears on the Archimedes, located in the Acorn Workshop and she continues her work of creating Living Ignition Weapons, teaching Beniamino Cassano and Kang Horyang about her new creations such as Beta and Emile. This, however, reveals to Horyang the possibility that her 'love' might have been an act to help her research all along, causing him a great amount of despair. She is later seen alerting the guards when she discovered that Beta had escaped.

The Workshop Battle: Closure
As Beta is attacking Viole, she bursts in with Workshop guards and asks for him to stop attacking. She is left worried when he vehemently refuses and continues his assault. After Beta is defeated, she admits to him that the research carried out on him had nothing to do with Viole. After the Workshop guards attempt to eliminate Beta and are quickly subdued, Sophia tends to Beta's injuries. When the Regulars go off to rescue the hostages, Sophia pleads to Lero-Ro that he take Beta with him, so that the child could experience freedom in the time he had left.

The Workshop Battle: Epilogue
She explains that Horyang is unable to wake up after the power of the devil that once resided in him has disappeared, most likely being Cassano's doing, and also the truth behind Emile as an Ignition Weapon.

Notes and Trivia

 * Horyang describes Doctor Sophia as his and Cassano's first love.

Quotes

 * (To Kang Horyang) "Listen, Ilmar. A man shouldn't show his tears. You should be strong enough to protect others. You have that power. Got it?"

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