IV 15 p256 reprogramming the cash flow
Richard Fiero
rfiero at gmail.com
Wed Nov 18 19:14:45 CST 2009
Michael Bailey wrote:
>Shasta grew up with Doc, didn't she? Certainly plenty of time
>to be turned by one organization or another in Hollywood -
>for all I know there's a big recruiting station there like Yale -
>but as a sentimental reader I was more inclined to be struck by
>the fact of how she didn't share the details of her escape to a rapt
>Doc and immediately begin conspiring with him to some end or other...
>Tommy and Tuppence sort of thing...
>pointing up Doc's loneliness, or unconnectedness, at least with her,
>and his solitary nature. Is it him, or is it her?
>
>"She had become like they are" - Don't Fear the Reaper
Like Alice said, "It's about work."
Doc's truly only connected to cops and the cop POV. Penny, Bigfoot,
Shasta. They all use him -- because he can do the job. He loves it.
No more bottom-feeding repo man.
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