POOR BRONSKY, HIS ATTACKS ARE GETTING MORE FREQUENT. I'M GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE HIM CHAINED UP PERMANENTLY SOON.

THAT WOULD BE BETTER, YES…

YOUR TIME WILL COME, ROWLAND. EVERYONE HERE ENDS UP THAT WAY. SOME SOONER THAN OTHERS BUT THAT'S THE ONLY DIFFERENCE.

I'VE ASKED THE DOCTOR AT PLAIN ROCK TO CLOSELY EXAMINE THE PRISONER WHO, UNTIL I FIND OUT MORE, I WILL CALL NUMBER XIII. DOCTOR JOHANSSON IS A NEUROSURGEON WITH AN EXCELLENT REPUTATION IN WHOM I HAVE COMPLETE CONFIDENCE.

HE HAS FOUND SEVERAL AREAS OF THE THE FACE AND SCALP THAT SHOW FINE SCARS, ALMOST INVISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE. JOHANSSON IS QUITE CLEAR ON THE MATTER, THEY ARE TRACES OF AN EXTREMELY SPECIALIST PROCEDURE: LASER COSMETIC SURGERY!

CAPTAIN ROWLAND DID INDEED DIE IN THE HELICOPTER EXPLOSION, GENERAL. THE MAN WHO YOU THOUGHT YOU RECOGNISED WAS NONE OTHER THAN A PROFESSIONAL KILLER WHO HAD BEEN TRAINED TO ACT LIKE HIM AND HAD BEEN GIVEN HIS FACE. THE FACE OF A DEAD MAN!

I… I THINK I NEED A DRINK OF SOMETHING. I DON'T SUPPOSE YOU HAVE ANY BOURBON HIDDEN IN YOUR DESK DO YOU, ALLENBY?

BUT… THE FINGERPRINTS?..

OF COURSE, GENERAL.

THE TIPS OF XIII'S FINGERS ALSO SHOW SIGNS OF A SIMILAR OPERATION. BUT THAT WASN'T JUST TO GIVE HIM ROWLAND'S FINGER PRINTS… IT WAS TO HIDE HIS TRUE IDENTITY AND ROWLAND'S MILITARY FILE WAS CHANGED TO INCLUDE THESE NEW PRINTS.