The Creation of the Artificial Pactone

The artificial Pactone Lito was the final product in a series of iterative experiments.
The scientists behind Lito and the Freesia space station needed an AI that could monitor the station from the inside. However, as the planning proceeded, the idea emerged to make the AI like a Pactone that the systems manager could synchronize with for maintenance purposes, and perhaps for Pact Magic. Making an AI would be the easy part; ensuring that this AI could achieve the psychic link required for Pact Magic would be much more difficult.
The initial proof of concept was something of a surprise. Someone on the Freesia team got the idea to program a "core" similar to the data crystals used to store song magic data with the AI's personality data. This core was "installed" inside a robotic shell, and the construct was linked to a song server. There was a sudden rush of emotional data, and the construct came to life. This construct, who named themselves Voqua, was able to execute songs that required a server connection flawlessly. There was a debate at the time as to whether Pact Magic would be possible for Voqua, since regular Pactones lacked the ability to synchronize with Leyaloids whose minds were exclusively hosted on servers. However, the data crystal that Voqua's mind was hosted on could mimic a Pact Magic connection by virtue of having a similar composition to the minerals found in Ears of Amenasys. The psychic flow could be simulated with the absorption and reflection of emotional data from both Voqua and the one they were synchronizing with.
When the time came for the scientists to test Voqua's connective abilities on a broader scale by installing them onto a larger device, Voqua resisted, having gotten used to their current body and not liking the idea of controlling something much larger. In the end, the scientists opted not to take Voqua out of their body and instead chose a different starting point: the next iteration of the construct would start in a more complex system so that they would be able to get used to the idea of handling more than just a body.
The next artificial Pactone chose the name Alma, along with a feminine gender. She was installed inside a computer system that would "train" her for someday managing the Freesia's systems from within. However, a critical error was made in Alma's construction: there was more focus on her technological qualities than her magical ones. She ran her systems with incredible accuracy and speed, but Pact Magic had a much lower success rate with her than with Voqua. It was almost as if she was "overprogrammed" and "under-magicked."
One day, Alma disappeared completely. Her computer system went inactive, and a robotic shell kept in a nearby storage room went missing. The researchers concluded that she had downloaded herself into that shell and escaped, but even to this day, her whereabouts are unknown.
Hoping that the third time would be the charm, the programming for the artificial Pactone who would come to be Lito was placed on a core with reinforced magical conduits. This core was placed in a larger system that simulated Lito's eventual destination to a degree: the space station Freesia.