Morton Digger

Morales talks about Morton Diggers and his whereabouts.

Morton Digger is an old male mole who was the main engineer of Project Cremator. He was one of the two people capable of working with Parallax technology. He disappeared twenty years before the start of the comic. Morales, who acted as his litigator, believes that he somehow survived despite being 80 years old at the time, or that he trained a successor to complete his work.

## Background

Morton Digger was the head researcher of Project Cremator, a project that worked with Parallax technology to travel across space and time. His practices were frowned upon by society, forcing Morton to hire Morales as his litigator to continue his investigation. At some point, Morton disappeared from the public eye twenty years before the events of the comic.

## Personality

Not much is known about Morton. It is implied that he had an admiration for Parallax technology, becoming one of two people who mastered it. However, he also did illegal activities that required Morales to save him to continue his research. Morton was very secretive, as he disappeared from public eye to continue his investigation in private. According to Morales, Morton was open-minded enough to teach a successor everything he knew about Parallax technology to continue his investigation.

## Appearance

Morton was a short and stocky male mole. He had white messy hair and bushy white eyebrows that covered his eyes. He had gray fur with white underfur. He had a long snout pointing downward that ended in a pink nose. Morton wore a white lab coat and five-fingered gloves. Beneath his lab coat, he wore a black suit with a red tie.

## Powers, Skills, And Abilities

Morton Digger was a brilliant mind, being one of two people who were capable of replicating the space/time focused Parallax technology.

### Powers

* Space/Time Manipulation: Through the Rifters he created, Morton had the ability to teleport. However, the teleportation was not as fine-tuned back when he was leading Project Cremator compared to the teleportation used by the Monroe Syndicate twenty years later.

### Skills

* Expert Engineer: Morton was a great engineer. He was one of the two people who knew how to work with Parallax technology, an impressive feat as nobody could replicate the space/time manipulation of such technology besides him and another person.
* Expert Teacher: It is implied by Morales that Morton is a good teacher, believing that Morton found a successor and taught them everything he knew about Parallax technology in case he died.

### Abilities

* Genius Intellect: Morton was a brilliant mind. His ability to replicate the Parallax technology is a symbol of his intelligence, as nobody was able to work with it for 70 years.

## History

Morton is first mentioned in the third chapter by Morales as one of the two people capable of working with Parallax technology. Morales speaks about his knowledge of Project Cremator based on the many times he had to defend Morton on court. Morton disappeared from public eye back twenty years prior to the events of the comic, back when he was 80 years old.

Morales states two possibilities. Either Morton used the Parallax technology to extend his own lifespan, or he died but found a worthy successor to continue his job. With that information, Oddvar orders Avery to send Meta Officers who could find engineers associated with the Monroe Syndicate.

## Trivia

* Morton's surname, Digger, is a reference to moles using digging to move underground.
* Morton's appearance resembles a mole version of Albert Einstein.