M Meegat
Yes, lord. Everything is as it was written. One waits.
M Meegat
[adoringly, to Avon] For you!
[quietly] I told you she was mad.
How long have you been waiting?
M Meegat
All of my life, as those before me waited. But it is I who welcome you! Welcome, lord, welcome!
[Meegat prostrates herself at Avon's feet again]
Yes, well, let's not start all that again.
[Meegat turns away in shame]
You've hurt her feelings now.
M Meegat
[averting her eyes] I have offended you.
No, you haven't offended me.
M Meegat
[looking back at Avon] Forgive me!
[Avon kneels down and gently helps Meegat to her feet]
You're enjoying this, aren't you?
Do you really believe we could launch that ship?
If the people who built that ship did their job properly, I don't see any reason why not. And it does seem that we have a reputation to live up to.
You certainly do, Lord Avon. I wonder why she picked on you.
Well now, you are hardly the stuff that gods are made of.
Meegat, I'm sorry you waited so long.
M Meegat
Our waiting brought you.
That seems like a poor reward, somehow.
Did she really think you were a god?
Yes. I don't like the responsibility either.
I'm afraid you can. It's the one talent we all share, even you.
You are carrying weapons. You will remove them.
We'd prefer to keep them with us.
(Orac fires at the ground in front of them)
(On communicator) Can you walk?
[Hands Vila a gunbelt] Put that on.
Then crawl, but put that on!
E Ensor
I disapprove of weapons.
So do I, but I disapprove of dying even more.
(Avon shoots Travis in the hand just as he is about to fire)
I was aiming for his head.
[The Crew activate Orac for the first time. He sounds like Ensor]
It's exactly as though Ensor were speaking.
Surely it is obvious even to the meanest intelligence that during my development I would naturally become endowed with aspects of my creator's personality.
The more endearing aspects by the sound of it.
Possibly. However similarities between myself and Ensor are entirely superficial. My mental capacity is infinitely greater.
Modesty would be dishonesty.
What's wrong with being dishonest?
The question is futile. Were I to say that I am incapable of dishonesty how would you know if I was being dishonest or not?
A question for a question. Well, you're capable of evasion, anyway.
I think I've heard enough, I don't like him. Orac, be a good junk heap; shut up.
Have you found what you want?
That's because you're looking for the wrong things.
What exactly does that mean?
It's a common enough failing. Now, if you've finished with Zen, I'd quite like to get on; we have a malfunction on the intermediate range sensors. I need to check the systems.
Leave it! If I've missed something, I want to know what it is now, Avon.
Well now, all you had to do was ask. Zen! Replay, half speed.
Confirmed. (Replays prediction in slow motion)
Stop. All right, reverse to the instant before the explosion. (The explosion sequence is run backward) Freeze it there. All the reassurance you could want.
Do you think you could forget your superiority complex for a moment and get on with it?
All right. But first of all, let us examine the nature of prediction. The human mind is capable of seeing into the short-range future with reasonable accuracy. For example, imagine that you are standing on the edge of a cliff.
As long as you're not standing behind me.
Where did those ships come from? Who were they?
Yes, and why did they attack? Zen was confident they weren't Federation.
So why did they pick on me?
I doubt if it was personal, Vila.
It felt personal. It always feels personal when someone tries to kill me.
Avon - concentrate on Zen. Give priority to the detectors and the navigation systems. And then see if you can get us some scans.
Is that all? What shall I do with the other hand?
When you get Zen working, ask him to prescribe something for a headache, will you? I've got this shocking pain right behind the eyes.
Have you considered amputation?
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