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“Look familiar?” Rudi asked

“Very familiar,” Kurt said “Apparently, Joe’s future wife has a twin”

“Had a twin,” Rudi corrected “That robot is buried at the bottom of a canyon near the anomalies Paul and Gamay discovered”

“What was it doing down there?”

“It appears they were doing soreat deal of additional wreckage down there, including a habitat that was crushed like a tin can”

“Any idea what they were digging for?” Joe asked

“Afraid not But whatever it was, it had to be valuable Our own experience proves that underwater round-based extraction In other words, even if they found a old down there, they’d be better off just leaving it there It would cost ”

“Then it has to be soold”

“The geology departht now, they’re stu they can come up with that would be worth the effort”

“So tells me the Chinese came to the same conclusion,” Joe said “The place looks abandoned”

“That’s true,” Rudi said “Nothing on the video suggests an effort to rebuild”

Kurt sat back So didn’t add up He turned to Akiko “When did Kenzo first discover the Z-waves and the tremors?”

“Al what Kurt already knew

He turned his attention back to Rudi “You’ve got faster internet than we do, Rudi Do us a favor Look up CNR and find out when they incorporated”

There was a brief delay before Rudi came back with the answer “The partnership was announced eleven o”