On Thu, 25 Jan 2001 19:21:05 -0000 "Blenkarn" Blen@onyxnet.co.uk writes:
I asked
Why didn't Vila just tell Blake to get lost and teleport anyway?
Sally suggested:
Why doesn't Vila just take two steps to one side, say "well can
*I* go
then?" and take silence (or the abstracted semi-shrug, semi-nod
as
assent?
How long would it take the radiation to reach the area they're at? I hate to suggest Blake's bold gestures sometimes came at no risk, but they were at the equator and the bomb was at the pole. If things hadn't worked out, wouldn't Blake have had plenty of time to teleport out _after_ Avon and Grant were blown to atoms? And, what would have happened if Blake let Vila go and he was clogging up the teleport just when Avon needed an emergency out?
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