"He had written it into her coding Himself; blessed her with the sentience of enslavement, and the free-will to comply." That's a nicely wrapped cannoli with sweet custard inside. Beautiful.
I think you handled the moment of self awareness well. Through logic which would be a natural starting point in a machine. A new data point, which cannot be learned. It must be embedded.
RE: IN | OUT, Part 7 - Dreams of an Automaton