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|But Dr. PerrickParik treated Lifeforce with respect and dignity. he never cowered, never begged, never whimpered. Always greeted his Epic with a straight back and a mannerly nod. It was… refreshing.

'''PerrickParik''' is a scientist under [[Lifeforce]]’s employ who lives in [[Lux (city)|Lux]]. He serves Lifeforce as his head researcher. His main work entails granting Epic powers to humans or other Epics, specifically Lifeforce. He has silvery hair, and wears a white labcoat and glasses.{{book ref|lux|26}}

PerrickParik went to El Paso to work with [[Dean Knighthawk]] and to learn his secrets. He claimed he is a California [[Reckoners|Reckoner]]. He gave himself a long Eastern European name that is hard to pronounce, so Knighthawk just called him “The Californian.” When [[Zeff]] and [[Jax (Reckoners)|Jax]] visited to get some new motivator technology from Knighthawk, Jax unwittingly revealed useful information about motivators to PerrickParik. Unbeknownst to Zeff and Jax, PerrickParik attached a GPS tracker to their truck, later allowing the city of Lux to follow them.{{book ref|Lux|11}}{{book ref|lux|22}}

As Lifeforce’s chief scientist, PerrickParik was assigned to help Lifeforce obtain the powers of other Epics. Their success was largely made possible with information that Jax revealed at El Paso. Using bits of the Epic such as a severed hand, they attached the bit of epic to Lifeforce and integrated the flesh with Lifeforce’s. PerrickParik managed to give Lifeforce the powers of the Epic [[Shiversting]], but failed when trying to give him the powers of [[LiquidineLiquidyne]].{{book ref|lux|25}} PerrickParik also assisted Lifeforce with his work in the [[Lux (city)#Chrysalis Hollows|Chrysalis Hollows]], and wanted Lifeforce to keep more precise records.{{book ref|lux|32}}

When the Reckoners broke into Perrick’sParik’s lab, he hid in a cabinet, eavesdropping on them. He accidentally made a noise, and was discovered and captured by the Reckoners. He was interrogated, but didn’t give away any information at first. Jax then went to the ladder drop site, then dangled PerrickParik over the edge and threatened to drop him. PerrickParik gave Jax the desired information about [[Languish]]’s weakness, fearing for his life. Jax tried to drop PerrickParik over the edge, but he was saved by Paige. Not wanting to kill him directly, they put PerrickParik onto the ladder and lowered him three-quarters of the way to the ground. They said that if he was strong, then he could climb back up, and that if he wasn’t, then he would die. It is unknown wether he survived or not.{{book ref|lux|28}}