Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-32360008-20170622122414/@comment-26484417-20170622123308

Some have mentioned this very factor when explaining why Rachel's hopes for the Thorn are ludicrous even though SIU explicitly said that Rachel--as an Irregular--could technically get herself a Thorn.

However, SIU can easily dismiss all of that and simply give Rachel a Thorn fragment that works without any of those preparations Baam had to undertake.