"Neither have I. Perhaps her species is relatively rare?" Then again, wasn't a member of the Council from the same species? Maybe not.

"Someone decided they wanted immortality," he said. "And along came a virus of unknown origin that offered to give it to them. But containment failed, and it became airborne. Very few humans were immune, but even those that were were subject to attacks by the drones.

...Which was why I was created, really."