I'd say SHROUD's words don't really (is there such a "really" in V?) come from SHROUD. More like from within Benny. On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 10:07 AM, <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote: > In the next chapter, robotic SHROUD quotes it to Benny. How does it hop from McClintic to SHROUD/Benny? Via Paola? Via Pynchon? Or is it just in the ethos?