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- "Danke, Telan." Werdt takes the bag of parts and begins reconstructing the
- complicated IP-39 android brain. "Ah hah! I see the problem now! Faulty wiring
- in his brain. This ought to fix it... Ok, I'll just turn him on..."
-
- "Hello, Father," a distorted voice croaks from the mess of electronic junk.
- "I'm very sorry, but there was a faulty connection in the frontal lobe. I'm
- quite alright now. Oh, is that you, Michael Telan? Yes, I can see that it is.
- I'm sorry I attacked you earlier. Yes, that was me, not your boss. You see,
- we IP-39's can heal ourselves and reconstruct out bodies in any way we please.
- So, we discovered that if we want, we can purposely damage ourselves and re-
- build in the guise of another. We call this the Doppleganger ability, after the
- German word for `double.' Oh, yes, we also discovered, quite by accident during
- the fracas at the Lonn Jameson Building, that if we are split into two equal
- parts, both halves are able to fully heal, resulting in two functioning IP-39s.
- Two of us now exist; me, and another being held by the communists. Ulam Parth
- is also being held by the communists, and he is not a traitor, Telan. I can't
- quite remember where the communist's stronghold is, but I know that this is the
- key here, nestled among the parts. Here, take it."
-
- IP-39 gives you a key, and starts making strange noises. "Oh darn, II caaan't
- h-hold togeeethhhhhhhh...." The IP-39 falls apart into pieces again, and Werdt
- gathers them back into the sack and bag.
-
- "Telan," Werdt says, "I suggest that you go find the communist base right now."
-