I asked
essentially the same question a week or three ago.
Bart suggested at
this node in response that this was likely possible with PDF::Reuse. I spent a night or so playing with it, but was unsuccessful in getting anywhere. As this was research for a later project and not the next deadline, I left it at that. If you figure this out, please post your recipe here, I hope to get to that back burner project before the Fall.
-- Hugh
if( $lal && $lol ) { $life++; }