Professor Twikk, as I learned, is an amalgam. Or rather, the creator of "mercurial mold." Mercurial mold is a recently discovered subspecies of ooze. Twikk's original aim was for the mold to reinforce asuran weapons and armor, but after one of his lab assistants tripped into their holding chamber, a mold adapted to their body instead. A fellow engineer, Twikk offered to help me bond with one—I'm eager to see it in action for myself.