Avon quotes from Blake's 7

Dayna

Are you feeling better?

Not really. But at least I'm still alive. If I was dead, I don't think I'd have this blinding headache.

What was that for?

Dayna

Curiosity.

I'm all in favour of healthy curiosity. I hope yours isn't satisfied too easily...I think you cured my headache.

Dayna

I Like the ancient weapons. The spear, the sword, the knife. They demand more skill. When you fight with them, conflict becomes more personal... More exciting.

More dangerous.

Dayna

Of course! Without danger, there's no pleasure.

That must limit your range of pleasures a bit.

Servalan

[Pointing a gun at Avon's head from behind] Stay quite still.

Servalan.

Servalan

You don't sound surprised.

Why should I be? It has a perverse kind of logic to it. Our meeting is the most unlikely happening I could imagine; therefore, we meet. Surprise seems inappropriate somehow.

You're not alone in losing your ship. The losses on both sides have been tremendous. I've been monitoring the status transmissions.

Did we win?

Sounds very confused, but there's not much doubt. The aliens were virtually wiped out.

Well the price was high enough. But at least we got what we paid for.

You almost didn't. It was a close run thing; what's left of the federation fleet, which isn't much, is scattered halfway across the galaxy. I'd say the Federation is in a lot of trouble.

Yes, it's difficult to sustain a military dictatorship when you've lost most of the military. [Hal laughs] I only hope Blake survived long enough to know that he was winning.... Both wars.

Blake? You were with Blake?

Yes. Though it hardly seems to matter now, if it ever did.

If it mattered? Blake and the Liberator. I've been hearing reports over the last couple of years. You were magnificent!

Not from where I was sitting.

She has a genius with weaponry systems. And that's not just a father's pride talking.

And yet, with all this to choose from, she still goes around with a bow and arrows.

She takes absurd risks. I try to discourage her but I think she's trying to prove to herself that there's no weapon, ancient or modern, she cannot master.

Servalan

I'm going to be honest with you.

That should be mildly disconcerting.

Servalan

You have one other quality I admire. Very much.

Yes?

Servalan

You are infinitely corruptible. You'd sell out anybody, wouldn't you?

I don't know. I never really had an offer I felt was worthy of me.

Dayna

And once we're out?

This is my ship.

Dayna

Do you want me to try it?

Are you any good with locks?

Dayna

No. But then neither are you by the look of it.

You should never judge by appearances.

Dayna

I don't. I judge by results, and you're not getting any.

Wrong again. [Opens the door]

That's a difficult way to commit suicide.

Dayna

Perhaps he was cleaning it and it went off.

Dayna

I'll come with you.

I can do it faster on my own.

Dayna

Do what? Avon, why do you keep everything to yourself? Why so secretive?

Perhaps I'm shy. (Goes to leave) Anybody comes through this door, kill them! (Pause; sardonic smile) Anybody that isn't me, that is.

Oh, don't blame yourself.

I'll try not to.

I imagine you've been under considerable stress.

I had hoped for a more inspiring epitaph.

Cally

And what about Dayna? Don't you trust her either?

Vila

Dayna's a… different case entirely.

Cally

Well, she's pretty, for one thing.

Vila

Pretty? Yes, I suppose she is. I hadn't really noticed.

We've seen you not really noticing. Frequently.

[Discussing Sopron] This happens to be the most sophisticated life form that it has ever been my good fortune to come across. Present company Not excepted.

Life? But it looks like...

A rock. Yes. Well, when you live on the permanent dark side of a planet nobody cares too much what you look like.

Zen will have picked us up by now.

So?

So what do we do before they blow us out of the galaxy?

We Attack.

Attack? We have nothing to attack with.

Then bluff it. Tell them to surrender.