VLVL2 (1) paternal emotions

[Terrance]

pynchonoid wrote:
> 
> >When, looking at
> > his sick daughter, Zoyd realizes that he "would,
> > would have to, do anything
> > to keep this dear small life from harm," he
> > experiences "his belated moment
> > of welcome to the planet Earth" (321).

Not to jump ahead, but you may want to compare this passage with the one
when Zoyd is being WORKED over by BV in jail.