Originally Posted by GrendelQ

We're talking about mirroring a sound that's been heard. If I sing a scale to you, and your CI gives you sound as simulated by MM's simulation (it's like static, if you've ever had some hearing and have heard static, nearly impossible to make out words, much less music) -- you would sing back what you hear: something like the static. But, if I sing a scale, and Li sings back the notes correctly, it shows that she's not hearing anything like the staticky simulation -- which doesn't provide all the sounds in that scale.