He took the skin down and glanced at the instructions attached to the toe. Slowly he tipped in the bones, vital organs, nerves and other elements listed. When he was sure he had competed the instructions he poured in the life juice and shaped the body on the table.
He reached for the starter bolt and was about to place it onto the heart when the Supervisor shouted to him. In a burst of cold sweat he realised what he had nearly done. He turned over the instructions and read the final ingredients required - 'compassion, empathy and self doubt'. He reopened the seal and mixed the final cocktail.
'Thank god for that,' he thought reaching for the starter bolt, 'we don't want another George Osborne.'
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