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Alice Grove MCDT - November 2014

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Method of Madness:
Iain Banks?

Kugai:
This gentleman I presume

Channelore HellicottAtham:
I'm not entirely sure I like her yet, to be honest. I find she seems quite cool towards the primitives, almost as though being their 'fixer' is a hassle rather than a privilege of sorts. Or, if privilege does not seem the right word, an honour in that she is very respected and held in high esteem. I was feeling the townsfolk seemed somewhat fearful of her too, but I see that awe is a better way to look at it. It just jars me is all that they seem so humble and she has this look in her face and posture of almost dismissiveness. I am a Paramedic and have folk approach me at times in a similar sense (albeit less deferential thank dog), either after a job to express their gratitude, or entirely outside of a call setting just in saying how they respect what we do, and I could never be unmoved as she seems by such genuine expressions of gratitude.

The holodeck / AI prison farm / 'Better Than Life' type game hypotheses are interesting; I'd assumed her to be from another world one way or another as is obvious, but hadn't thought at all along such lines. Jeph did say AG was not within the QCverse and so for this reason I'd taken the few strips we have at face value rather than pondering the existence here too of the AI and other advanced technologies Marten et al live amidst.

BenRG:
Overall, Alice has been generally neutral towards the locals. The only time she starts looking annoyed or defensive is when they start treating her like "The Witch". I still suspect she's sort of an aid worker from a far more advanced culture who is doing her best to help the locals live a happy, balanced and, most of all, harmonious, life. Nothing she has done is 'witchcraft', even though the locals insist on calling it that.

I think that when they look at her with awe and start acting as if she's their supernatural protector, it makes her profoundly uncomfortable. That's why she looks defensive and maybe a little hostile sometimes.

Put yourself in her work boots: How would you feel if you're just trying to do your best for the local community and people insist on treating you as if you are some kind of superhero? You'd probably feel annoyed too!

ysth:
Question: what does the wind turbine power?  I haven't spotted any use of electricity by the hoi polloi yet.

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