AAvon
Orac, what proof do we have that Blake is on Gauda Prime?
That is where his trail ends.
The chain of cause and effect amounts to a trail, if you can follow it.
Everything has an effect on everything else around it. It is not easy to trace one line through the pattern of infinity. But in this case, I have. Blake is on Gauda Prime.
AAvon
[smiles] Long enough.
AAvon
Oh, yes. And the answer to your next question is, yes, I would have left Blake where he was and said nothing if things had gone according to plan.
Oh, I must try and work that into the conversation when we meet him.
You tell me what a line through the pattern of infinity is, and I'll tell you whether I'm convinced or not.
A formal application was laid before the High Council on Earth within the last thirty days. I could get you the exact date --
SSlave
Uh, I don't wish to interrupt, Master --
SSlave
I wasn't talking to you.
You were attempting to override a superior system. Be silent. [continues] -- the exact date, if you wish. But the importance of the application lies not in its exact date, but in its general requirements.
That the citizens of Gauda Prime put their house in order. Law must be established before the benefits of law can be restored.
AAvon
It is the day of the bounty hunter. [cut to close-up of Vila] Thieves, [cut to close-up of Dayna, pan to Soolin] killers, [cut to close-up of Tarrant] mercenaries, [cut to close-up of Avon; he smiles] psychopaths, are as unwelcome now as the farmers once were. [Scorpio's alarm goes off.]
SSlave
Well, nothing is actually wrong, sir, yet.
AAvon
Explain the alarm, Slave. [Alarm cuts out.]
SSlave
I had to get your attention, Master, and I was forbidden to speak unless spoken to.
AAvon
All right, you're spoken to. What is it?
SSlave
I beg to advise you, Master, that we're approaching the planet Gauda Prime. And Scorpio is under attack! [An explosion rocks the flight deck.]
When we reach the appropriate coordinates, I can simulate the necessary signals to open the silo and allow this flyer to enter.
No it isn't. Sooner or later, we're going to drop into one of these holes in the ground, and never come out.
AAvon
Sooner or later, everyone does that, Vila.
He sold us, Avon. All of us. Even you.
Blake (starting to move forward): Avon, it's me, Blake -
AAvon
Stand still! (Blake stops) Have you betrayed us? Have you...betrayed me?
Tarrant doesn't understand!
AAvon
Neither do I, Blake!
Avon, I was waiting for you...(Blake steps forward, Avon shoots him three times. Dying, clutching Avon's arms) Avon...