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Richard Wells? Well, sure

I've heard of him. Why do you ask?

He was an old teacher of Jessie's.

Really?

He's the stuff of legend.

He was doing really advanced work

on gene mapping.

We're talking way ahead of his time.

Anyway... last thing I heard

he sold his findings to a huge firm

made a ridiculous amount of money

and then just sort of dropped out

of the game entirely.

Every once in a while

I come across an article of his in a journal.

Consistently brilliant.

- Like I said, he's...

- A genius.

Yeah. I know.

Paul, I'm so very sorry.

OK, thanks.

Oh, are you going?

- No!

One...

Ooh. Ooh.

Did you see this?

Ooh. Three, two, one.

The game is live!

And then, all of a sudden...

I'm right side up.

Wait a second! You're confusing me!

Do you think that's a good idea?

No, I think we should call it... Adam.

Guess who?

I don't know.

- It's me, Adam.

- I don't think I know an Adam.

I'm your son.

Ow!

- The family jewels.

Are we all in?

Damn. What a handsome group.

Hi, Mom!

Adam.

This hat.

I've never seen you wear this before.

- Bad hair day.

- I've never seen you wear any hat.

All cells are, in essence, clones...

identical copies of one original cell.

Now, the key to

artificially stimulating replication

is in shocking a specialized cell

back to its pre-specialized state

its stem cell precursor.

The cell as it was

before it became a liver cell or a brain cell

or a relatively simpler cheek cell.

Once in this state

the cell's nucleus is immediately transferred

to a mother's enucleated egg.

The transfer completed

the egg cell will then ideally accept

the donor nucleus as its own

at which point we let nature takes its course.

She did great.

We need to keep her here until tomorrow

to make sure the implant takes.

But she did wonderfully.

She has to lie down for at least an hour

so why don't we go look at the house?

She's in good hands.

So, all these people

and no-one else knows?

The procedure doesn't differ much

from a standard implant

so as far as my staff's concerned

Jessie's being treated

as a high-risk in vitro.

- Dr. Wells?

- Thanks, George.

Here you go.

Riverton's a great town.

I think you're really going to like it here.

It's a bit secluded maybe

but a wonderful community.

Nice people. Lots of families.

Perfect place to raise a child.

So why don't you follow me?

I'll show you around.

Beautiful country, isn't it?

This whole area has a lot of history.

And the house itself is 100 years old

at least.

Sorry there's no furniture.

I took the liberty of ordering some.

It should be here sometime tomorrow.

What if this doesn't work, Richard?

What if the implant doesn't take

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