Quotes
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Jenna : What are you doing?
Avon : It's a detector shield. I've been working on it for some time.
Vila Restal : Everyone should have a hobby. What's it do?
Avon : It should keep us off everything but the Federation's close range visual scanners.
Vila Restal : You mean their long-range detectors won't pick us up at all? But that's brilliant, Avon, absolutely brilliant! It'll never work.
Avon : There's only one way to find out.
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Avon : I'm sure Blake will find us something suitable to attack.
Vila Restal : I see. You've decided to be led like the rest of us.
Avon : I shall continue to follow. It's not quite the same thing.
Vila Restal : I don't see the difference.
Avon : I didn't really think that you would.
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Avon : One of these days they are going to leave you. They were almost ready to do so this time.
Roj Blake : Yes, I thought they might be.
Avon : You handle them very skillfully.
Roj Blake : Do I?
Avon : But one more death will do it.
Roj Blake : Then you'd better be very careful. It would be ironic if it were yours.
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[a patrol of six Federation pursuit ships just flew past the Liberator]
Vila Restal : They missed us! Avon's gadget works!
Roj Blake : I never doubted it for a moment.
[Avon looks troubled]
Roj Blake : [to Avon:] Is something wrong?
Avon : It just occurred to me, that as the description of a highly sophisticated technological achievement, "Avon's gadget works," seems to lack a certain style.
