(This conversation occurs between "Getting Biblical" and "Multiplicity")

Marleigh: Sometime after Thielo is up and about but before he's fully
	  repaired his head (he's got hair and skin over it, but hasn't
	  welded the new plate in), he finds Gwen some time when Lexa is
	  occupied (actually sometime in the middle of the night is
	  probably good, some night when Gavin isn't there).  He asks
	  Gwen if she would talk to him in private.  Assuming she's
	  willing, they go for a walk or something.

	  "Gwen, I have a problem.  I have a secret that I need to tell
	  someone in case something happens to me, and I think you are
	  the best choice.  If I tell you, will you promise to keep my
	  secret, and in particular, never to tell my wife?"

Andy: "Well, gosh, I guess so, unless it's something that... but you
      wouldn't ask something bad for her so it must be okay..."

Marleigh: "She used to know, but chose to forget, and I will respect her
	  wishes."

	  <dramatic pause>

	  "I'm clockwork."

Andy: Gwen looks suitably stunned.

      "Is this a joke?  Because I'm usually good with jokes but I'm not
      perfect yet..."

Marleigh: "It's not a joke.  I really am a clockwork."  It occurs to me
	  that I shouldn't turn my back on her until I'm sure she's not
	  going to freak, so it isn't the time to show her the hole in
	  my head.  Instead, I show her the phillips head screwdriver
	  built into my left ring finger.

	  "The original Thielo Strauss died several years ago.  Lexa
	  built me to be her new husband, then forgot that there was
	  ever a change.  She doesn't want to remember, so I take care
	  to make sure she doesn't find out by accident."

Andy: She doesn't seem like she's going to freak, she seems more
      concerned about not understanding humans right (i.e. missing some
      joke) than freaking.

      "That's sad.  I mean, it's sad that he died.  I mean, I like you
      so I guess it's good because otherwise you wouldn't be here but
      it's sad too, she must have been very sad."

      She thinks for a moment.  "Does Gavin know?"

Marleigh: "Yes, she was very upset.  That is why she made me.

	  "Gavin knows, yes.  Esteban, Angelina, Dr. Staadtler, and
	  Demian know as well.  Some other Inquisition members may also
	  know.  It's in a classified part of my file, people who can be
	  trusted and have a need to know are told.  To be honest, I
	  wish Esteban and Gavin didn't know.  They aren't very subtle,
	  and the more people who know, the more likely it is that Lexa
	  will find out.

	  "The reason I thought I should tell you is that if I am
	  knocked unconscious, there isn't anyone who can repair me
	  except Lexa, and she can't know.  I was injured badly in the
	  desert, and there was no one who knew much of anything about
	  clockwork to help.  You've been studying clockwork to learn
	  more about yourself.  If you're willing, I would like to teach
	  you my schematics as well, just in case."

Andy: "I can do that.  I mean, I'm not very good, but I can give it a
      try."

Marleigh: "I'm sure you'll do fine.  If you're anything like me, you'll
	  take to repairing clockwork fairly quickly."

	  Over the next several months, Thielo works on teaching Gwen
	  about clockwork repair.  He won't hide the fact that he's
	  doing this, he'll only hide the parts that pertain to him.  If
	  she's got photographic memory, he'll draw his schematics for
	  her, have her memorize them, and then destroy them.  He'll
	  also show her the secret compartment where he keeps the extra
	  skin and the directions on how to relight his pilot light.

Andy: Gwen has a very good memory, though it doesn't seem to be
      photographic like yours is.  Still, it's good enough that she can
      remember your schematics by taking notes in an extremely
      compressed shorthand that doesn't make any sense to you.

      Gwen doesn't ask more questions immediately but over the next few
      months there are a slow series of questions about what it's like,
      and how you feel, and how you learned to fit in, and so on.

Marleigh: I'll answer her questions the best I can.  I'll give her
	  advice if I can think of any I think would help her.  I'll
	  tell her about the mistakes I made so she can learn from them.
	  Only if we're in private, though.  I still flatly refuse to
	  admit I'm a clockwork in front of the others.

Andy: She probably tries to talk to you about it at some point when
      others are around but Alexandra isn't, but she figures out how it
      works with only one such incident.