"Let's take what Black Hole did with cloning," she explained with a sigh. "We didn't just clone one CO. We cloned a lot of them. Andy, Olaf, Hanchi, Fat Colin Drake...and each one was a lot of strain on our energies. But we didn't just clone one, and they died just a few days later. While the idea of cloning just one guy is stupid in itself, the guy...or gal who knows, is way too intelligent to have cloning technology to be that stupid. Not to mention these clones seem to have a much longer life span."

For a mind like Lash's it just didn't add up.

"Logically, if you had that type of technology, you would not just clone one guy. Think about it! Sure Falcon wins the races, but did you ever look at who else races with him? There's a super hero guy called Super Arrow. A guy who is from the future, a ten year old nerd prodigy, some guy with spandex and bull horns, Goroh, a magician circus clown guy, they even have an undead skull guy who was from the first races or something. Do you see what I mean? Not to rain on Falcon's parade, but there are a lot of interesting guys in those races. Why not clone them too?"

"It just...makes no sense. Unless..."