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"First," Dr. Sabbatine says, "we are missing a vital cog."

"Wherever shall we find a cog," Alexius says, staring at the thousands of spinning gears that make up the Specular.

"One of precise dimensions and configuration!" the doctor says. "Unfortunately, due to damage to the Specular and here, I do not have access to those specifications and therefore cannot duplicate it. However, the Specular's gears are near indestructible. It must be somewhere on your end, and it's big."

"Wait," Alexius says, "damage there?"

"My laboratory was raided less than an hour after your departure," Dr. Sabbatine says. "Crowchar was employed to stop exactly that sort of thing. With him trapped in the past and everyone else dead, I barely survived the attack until the police arrived. But I lost a great deal."