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I have trouble seeing him [Avon] as the self sacrifing kind though, even

for the most >>logical of reasons. I can see him chucking her [Dayna] off and spending however >>long he had left trying to find something to make up the weight. then Susan said...

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No, no. He's *more* pragmatic than that. He'd continue tossing stuff

and

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encouraging Dayna to help toss stuff until he figured that they gotten

rid

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of [70 kg -Dayna's weight.] *Then* he would have pushed her out.

You're very probably right. Remind me not to get into any heavy shuttles with you <grin>

Leia