--- Ann wrote:
AVON: All right, but you haven't much time. If you are not back here in an hour I shall have to consider the safety of the Liberator as the first priority. Do you understand me?
Is it "the safety of the Liberator is first because I want it and I don't care about the rest of you?" Or is it "the safety of the Liberator is first because only it can protect the rest of us?"
I think it's because Avon's on board the Liberator. Actually, I don't think Avon's being unreasonable - Dayna and Tarrant could teleport up but chose not to. Vila and Avon are already aboard and the ship is a sitting target. There's a limited amount of time for them to look for Cally. So I think the second, but it does fulfil Boucher's policy of leaving Avon's actions ambiguous.
And why doesn't anybody argue???
They know that Avon will fly off in one hour no matter what they say. I haven't seen Volcano for a while so I'm not sure if Avon has told Tarrant about the parlous state of the ship, but if he has, then having trained as a combat pilot, he would appreciate the Liberators vulnerability and Avon's disinclination to sit around longer than absolutely necessary.
Stephen.
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