Continuity: The end of the episode aired 09/14/03.
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Electric Death
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circuits firing, rims of power and energy
flicking between plastic-lined
wires to dance agitatedly, macabre technology that whirls
behind her blank, unmoving features, ever
calm and watching unblinkingly as death approaches in a slender pinstripe suit
I am not afraid of youbut she does not welcome the expression of sadistic
glee, the lack of realization of self
as it pertains to the android – he sees her only as a doll to be punished and
shattered like heavy porcelain, and already the
wires in her body are cutting off around
the tiny holes of twisted metal, electricity shutting off and leaving them senseless;
He wishes to harm Roger, does he not? I cannothelp Roger anymore if I die…
the sense of self is quietly jealous, that when Gabriel is
occupied with killing – or in his eyes, seeing only a doll to be dismantled,
deactivated – the silent R. Dorothy Waynewright,
Angel might escape, and Angel might be the one to help
Dorothy's Roger; but she does not feel
terror or fear, none of the inexplicable emotions of dread
crossing Angel's face – and closer draws
slender death, smiling sweetly
I do not fear you so long as Rogeris alive
even if she must sacrifice him to Angel, even if
she will die an electric death, a soulless being who loves and needs –
and Angel once asked how a man or woman
could love an android, much less the opposite – and he,
pinstriped death, takes another step with
a Cheshire smile, but she does not fear; Roger will continue though
she supposes she will not, and the lines of a story
love you forever
circuits firing, a way to avoid death, to renew her fight, in the quick whirrs
of electrical thought:
she knows, with implacable certainty,
that she could very well live, just as she might
perish, but even as she thinks swiftly, she is annoyed at his
tardiness – Roger must win his battles now
Roger Smith, you are a louse.
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how does a man love an android, or
an android a man, and
how does one kill a soulless machine
or a man with naught to lose?
take the one and
the other will fall…
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End
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Notes: I love cliffhangers.
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