19 May
2001
19 May
'01
3:45 a.m.
Sally Manton wrote:
Helen wrote: <Does Avon's view on this change as time goes by? He does tend to talk to the machine as time goes on. It helps him put his thoughts in order, but is he also seeing the machine as a companion?>
I think it probably does, though he doesn't realise it and would *never* admit it.
Yes, agreed. I always think the line in 'Games', where he asks Orac if Gambit is Belkov's friend, betrays Avon's _subconscious_ awareness of his own relationship with Orac. His reaction in 'Rescue' to finding Dorian conversing with Orac also seems a little more like jealousy than strictly an ownership issue.
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