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I like Salubri's idea as well. That could also be a great explanation. But I think that rather than Quincy and Shinigami having power-mimic children, it would be much simply and maybe more likely that it was because of the Hogyoku. Like Great Cthulhu said, Ichigo wanted to become more powerful, and the ability to mimic any given power/ability would be just the thing to fulfill that desire. There are many different possibilities though, and we'll just have to wait and see.