Dr Nicol goes to the house of a colleague, Dr Laverick, to discuss funding for a new project.
Mrs Laverick greets him and tries to seduce him.
Nicol goes to the workshop and finds Laverick hard at work.
He shows him some of his work; a dead baby reanimated with a car battery.
Nicol explains that he thinks the technology is too crude to be effective.
Laverick gives him a very passionate speech and tells him he will show him one more thing to change his mind.
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