Duplex Recycling is a facility operated by Iteration X in Detroit, Michigan. Recruits work on the disassembly line during their De-Cyphering (the convention's term for training and brainwashing). William Arthur Smith was assigned to work at Duplex when he joined Iteration X in 1993. His supervisors made no allowance for his disability and disciplined him when he was initially unable to keep pace with able-bodied workers.