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Alfred in denial?
Post by strapakai   » Mon Nov 17, 2014 10:42 pm

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I just finished relistening to At All Cost.
I was wondering why Alfred did not design Honor's trick finger to unscrew and be easily replaced. A little box of fingers would not take up too much space.

Maybe Alfred was in denial about her ever needing to use it.
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Re: Alfred in denial?
Post by SWM   » Mon Nov 17, 2014 10:46 pm

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strapakai wrote:I just finished relistening to At All Cost.
I was wondering why Alfred did not design Honor's trick finger to unscrew and be easily replaced. A little box of fingers would not take up too much space.

Maybe Alfred was in denial about her ever needing to use it.

Perhaps it was because it was hard enough getting the finger to work as both a finger and a gun and look like her old hand without trying to make it removable as well. The thing is a wonder.
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Re: Alfred in denial?
Post by stewart   » Tue Nov 18, 2014 1:47 am

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strapakai wrote:I just finished relistening to At All Cost.
I was wondering why Alfred did not design Honor's trick finger to unscrew and be easily replaced. A little box of fingers would not take up too much space.

Maybe Alfred was in denial about her ever needing to use it.


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It is removable --
at a target range Honor removes the tip before shooting.
The issue at hand is that the "finger pulser" is a "last ditch, emergency weapon" -- as such you are not concerned about the effect on the tip; that part IS replaceable.
Second issue -- you don't want to advertise that "the finger" is a weapon.
Third -- this gives a new meaning to "giving someone the finger", but Honor is too classy to phrase it that way.

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