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Puck (---.sfldmidn.dynamic.covad.net)
It is the same name, but it seems like a coincidence. The idea of a tabula rasa (blank slate) was just appropriate for both Felix and the Generics.
JFf mentions something in one of the chapter openings about several unrelated characters sharing the name Deane. He comments that it may be uncommon in the Bookworld, but it happens all the time in the Outland - so we probably shouldn't read too much into it.
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Metaphors be with you!