Helen said:
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 he's always envious of Orac, who in his view is the ultimate jammy bastard. I think Avon really feels the Universe owes him one for forcing him to be a human being instead of a computer in the first place.
-(Y)