“I can make a perfect replica,” he says. “Not a problem, Jannon. Just bring me reference images.” “But you can’t copy every page, can you?” “Just the outside. The covers, the spine.” “What happens when Penumbra opens the perfect replica?” “He won’t. You said this is, like, from the archives, right?” “Right—” “So it’s the surface that matters. People want things to be real. If you give them an excuse, they’ll believe you.” Coming from the special-effects wizard, this is not unconvincing.
