"Give it a chance," Kurt said soothingly, free hand closing over Anne's again to comfort her. He had no idea why his counterpart's good name mattered so much to her - unless she'd been as close to Dirk as she had been to himself when he was younger - but she was obviously really cut up about it.
The chip finally kicked in. The display fizzed a bit and then a hologram appeared. A hologram of someone Kurt had used to know rather well.
He groaned. "When you said John, I didn't realise you meant John," he complained.