Ethan was Phelps's prize pupil, to the point where he became the IMF's point man on the most critical missions, and was entrusted with deep background briefings from Jim that no one else at the IMF was privy to. And Ethan Hunt was the quickest study that Phelps had ever met. Besides being multilingual, Ethan had a talent for imitating voices and copying mannerisms. From studying the short videotape, he would master enough of Senator Waltzer's traits to pass himself off to unsuspecting local dignitaries. Jack Kiefer and Sarah Norman were already at work on the latex and Mylopar mask for Ethan, and by the time Ethan walked out of the safe house, he could probably fool half of Waltzer's constituents.

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