Spare Parts

'So, I notice the clock tower is on fire.'

'So it is!'

'I'm guessing the mainspring slid up the reciprocating shaft causing it to unwind all at once, the firction cuasing the primary mechanism to melt.'

'The world may never know.'

'Indeed. Especially since the only way it could have done so would be if somehow the spacing gear was removed from the aforementioned reciprocating shaft.'

'Really now?'

'And you say you.. found that gear.'

'Yes.'

'Really?'

'Yes.'

'Found where exactly?'

'Places.'

'The clock tower?'

'No.'

'It was the clock tower wasn't it?'

'No.'

'The clock tower...'



'Yes.'